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Authored by tobtoht
CoC: remove 'Goals' section
What changed, and why it matters
This commit removes an introductory 'Goals' section from the project's contributor documentation (docs/CONTRIBUTING.md). It is a pure documentation edit with no code changes, no configuration changes, and no security relevance.
No security action required. Treat as routine documentation maintenance.
Security signals we found
No strong security signals were identified.
Evidence from the diff
The diff deletes 11 lines from docs/CONTRIBUTING.md, specifically the ‘Goals’ subsection of the C4 (Collective Code Construction Contract) contributor guidelines. No source code, build scripts, cryptographic logic, network handling, or dependency files are modified.
Changed components
docs/CONTRIBUTING.mdInspect captured patch +0 / −11
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@@ -77,17 +77,6 @@ You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with thi
The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT", "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this document are to be interpreted as described in RFC 2119.
-## Goals
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-C4 is meant to provide a reusable optimal collaboration model for open source software projects. It has these specific goals:
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-- To maximize the scale and diversity of the community around a project, by reducing the friction for new Contributors and creating a scaled participation model with strong positive feedbacks;
-- To relieve dependencies on key individuals by separating different skill sets so that there is a larger pool of competence in any required domain;
-- To allow the project to develop faster and more accurately, by increasing the diversity of the decision making process;
-- To support the natural life cycle of project versions from experimental through to stable, by allowing safe experimentation, rapid failure, and isolation of stable code;
-- To reduce the internal complexity of project repositories, thus making it easier for Contributors to participate and reducing the scope for error;
-- To enforce collective ownership of the project, which increases economic incentive to Contributors and reduces the risk of hijack by hostile entities.
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## Design
### Preliminaries
Why this scored 15/100
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