> But it means when another community member refuses to work with you, or belittles your work constantly, there is nothing to be done. No it doesn't. It just

> But it means when another community member refuses to work with you, or belittles your work constantly, there is nothing to be done. No it doesn't. It just means that there isn't a formal process. The aggrieved party can always contact the project leaders/maintainers, and lodge a complaint. Sure, the leaders may not do anything with your complaint, but a CoC doesn't guarantee that they will either (even if it does give you a warm fuzzy feeling up-front that they might). I find it incredibly infantilizing this idea that people can't be good to each other, or people can't feel safe, without some sort of document that lays out behavior expectations. It's so so simple: don't be a dick to people. If someone is being a dick to you, find someone with authority and send them the evidence. If they handle it to your satisfaction, great. If not, stay away from that project, because it's run by people who at worst don't care about you, or at best are inept at handling this sort of thing (and in either case, a CoC is not going to make it better). For leaders/maintainers, grow a spine. If someone is behaving badly (regardless of whether or not someone complains), talk to them and give them a chance to improve. If their behavior gets better, great. If not, eject them from the community. If they or others aren't happy with your reaction, that's their problem, not yours.