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Verifier Standard (VSTD) community conduct#

Expected conduct#

VSTD depends on precise disagreement. Participants are expected to:

• criticize claims, specifications, evidence, and implementations rather than people;
• provide a reproducible coordinate or example when practical;
• preserve UNKNOWN, CONFLICTED, limitations, and counterevidence;
• disclose affiliations or interests that materially affect a proposal; and
• avoid publishing secrets, private data, or vulnerability details in public channels.

Harassment, threats, discriminatory abuse, doxxing, deliberate evidence fabrication, and sustained disruption are not acceptable.

Scope and enforcement#

This policy applies to project-controlled repositories, issue trackers, review threads, and project events. The editor may hide or remove abusive content, restrict participation, or ban an account. Enforcement actions should identify the violated rule without publishing unnecessary private information.

For ordinary conduct concerns, contact the repository maintainer through a private GitHub channel. For security vulnerabilities, use the private reporting route in SECURITY.md. This project does not promise confidentiality beyond the controls of the channel used.

Because governance is currently centralized under one maintainer, enforcement is not independent. That centralization boundary is disclosed in GOVERNANCE.md.