# Code of Conduct

## Purpose

**Telemt exists to solve technical problems.**

Telemt is open to contributors who want to learn, improve and build meaningful systems together.

It is a place for building, testing, reasoning, documenting, and improving systems.

Discussions that advance this work are in scope. Discussions that divert it are not.

Technology has consequences. Responsibility is inherent.

> **Zweck bestimmt die Form.**

> Purpose defines form.

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## Principles

* **Technical over emotional**

  Arguments are grounded in data, logs, reproducible cases, or clear reasoning.

* **Clarity over noise**

  Communication is structured, concise, and relevant.

* **Openness with standards**

  Participation is open. The work remains disciplined.

* **Independence of judgment**

  Claims are evaluated on technical merit, not affiliation or posture.

* **Responsibility over capability**

  Capability does not justify careless use.

* **Cooperation over friction**

  Progress depends on coordination, mutual support, and honest review.

* **Good intent, rigorous method**

  Assume good intent, but require rigor.

> **Aussagen gelten nach ihrer Begründung.**

> Claims are weighed by evidence.

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## Expected Behavior

Participants are expected to:

* Communicate directly and respectfully
* Support claims with evidence
* Stay within technical scope
* Accept critique and provide it constructively
* Reduce noise, duplication, and ambiguity
* Help others reach correct and reproducible outcomes
* Act in a way that improves the system as a whole

Precision is learned.

New contributors are welcome. They are expected to grow into these standards. Existing contributors are expected to make that growth possible.

> **Wer behauptet, belegt.**

> Whoever claims, proves.

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## Unacceptable Behavior

The following is not allowed:

* Personal attacks, insults, harassment, or intimidation
* Repeatedly derailing discussion away from Telemt’s purpose
* Spam, flooding, or repeated low-quality input
* Misinformation presented as fact
* Attempts to degrade, destabilize, or exhaust Telemt or its participants
* Use of Telemt or its spaces to enable harm

Telemt is not a venue for disputes that displace technical work.
Such discussions may be closed, removed, or redirected.

> **Störung ist kein Beitrag.**

> Disruption is not contribution.

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## Security and Misuse

Telemt is intended for responsible use.

* Do not use it to plan, coordinate, or execute harm
* Do not publish vulnerabilities without responsible disclosure
* Report security issues privately where possible

Security is both technical and behavioral.

> **Verantwortung endet nicht am Code.**

> Responsibility does not end at the code.

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## 6. Openness

Telemt is open to contributors of different backgrounds, experience levels, and working styles.

- Standards are public, legible, and applied to the work itself.
- Questions are welcome. Careful disagreement is welcome. Honest correction is welcome.
- Gatekeeping by obscurity, status signaling, or hostility is not.

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## Scope

This Code of Conduct applies to all official spaces:

* Source repositories (issues, pull requests, discussions)
* Documentation
* Communication channels associated with Telemt

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## Maintainer Stewardship

Maintainers are responsible for final decisions in matters of conduct, scope, and direction.

This responsibility is stewardship: 
- preserving continuity, 
- protecting signal, 
- maintaining standards, 
- keeping Telemt workable for others.

Judgment should be exercised with restraint, consistency, and institutional responsibility.
- Not every decision requires extended debate.
- Not every intervention requires public explanation.

All decisions are expected to serve the durability, clarity, and integrity of Telemt.

> **Ordnung ist Voraussetzung der Funktion.**

> Order is the precondition of function.

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## Enforcement

Maintainers may act to preserve the integrity of Telemt, including by:

* Removing content
* Locking discussions
* Rejecting contributions
* Restricting or banning participants

Actions are taken to maintain function, continuity, and signal quality.
- Where possible, correction is preferred to exclusion.
- Where necessary, exclusion is preferred to decay.

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## Final

Telemt is built on discipline, structure, and shared intent.
- Signal over noise.
- Facts over opinion.
- Systems over rhetoric.

- Work is collective.
- Outcomes are shared.
- Responsibility is distributed.

- Precision is learned.
- Rigor is expected.
- Help is part of the work.

> **Ordnung ist Voraussetzung der Freiheit.**

- If you contribute — contribute with care.
- If you speak — speak with substance.
- If you engage — engage constructively.

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## After All

Systems outlive intentions.
- What is built will be used.
- What is released will propagate.
- What is maintained will define the future state.

There is no neutral infrastructure, only infrastructure shaped well or poorly.

> **Jedes System trägt Verantwortung.**

> Every system carries responsibility.

- Stability requires discipline.
- Freedom requires structure.
- Trust requires honesty.

In the end: the system reflects its contributors.
