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No, that's not the problem here. The author explicitly states they were totally fine with enforcing a code of conduct on their mailing list.

The problem here was about trust in the foundation and power over the repositories.

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That's fine, the point given is that when orgs push for it, and they're doing so like they did here, that's a massive red flag that whom you're working with is not qualified to be doing that work. Call it an "org smell".

Yes, exactly. Thank you.

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