> treating it as an exhaustive list as an open invitation to come up with creative new ways to hurt people that aren't on the list. I am not saying that the sa

> treating it as an exhaustive list as an open invitation to come up with creative new ways to hurt people that aren't on the list. I am not saying that the samples should be very particular for particular situations. They should address a class of actions, like no racism or no sexism. But leaving it open to whatever the maintainer thinks applies is just too much power. > If you're inclined to do things the project maintainers will consider unacceptable behavior, you're already going to have a problem. As long as I am not openly abusing someone in the context of the project, the only thing that should matter is my code. The fact whether my political or personal views that I air on some other platform do not match those of the maintainer or some contributor should not matter at all. This CoC opens the gate for exactly this kind of abuse. Infact, it has been used for this kind of abuse. That is why I am hesitant about this. Linus might not use it like this, but regimes can change.