| # Code of Conduct — Saint Errant | |
| Saint Errant is a sovereign digital society. The code of conduct is not a corporate HR document. It is a declaration of what this community is and what it refuses to become. | |
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| ## What We Are | |
| We are independent. Grassroots. Sovereign. | |
| We are developers who believe intelligence should not be rented from a corporation. We are builders who believe capital should not be gatekept by a bank. We are cypherpunks who believe privacy and cryptographic proof are rights, not features. | |
| We welcome: | |
| - Grassroots independent developers who build for the love of building | |
| - Sovereignty-focused technologists across every background | |
| - UK builders navigating a financial system that was not designed for them | |
| - Observers who want to learn and eventually contribute | |
| - Security researchers who find our bugs and report them | |
| We are in the tradition of **Red Hat** — enterprise-grade, production-ready open source, built by a community and governed by that community. Not a toy project. Not a demo. Infrastructure that runs. | |
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| ## What We Refuse | |
| **Extractive behaviour** — using the community's knowledge, code, or connections without contributing back. | |
| **Platform capture** — pushing the community toward dependency on Big Tech tools, APIs, or platforms that undermine sovereignty. | |
| **Gatekeeping by credential** — your degree, your employer, your location, your background do not determine your standing here. Your contributions and your verified chain record do. | |
| **Bad faith security** — any use of security research for exploitation rather than disclosure. We run a responsible disclosure policy. Exploit us and we seal it to the chain permanently. | |
| **Harassment** — in any form, in any channel. The Discord is monitored. SENTINEL is always watching. | |
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| ## The Red Hat Principle | |
| Red Hat proved that open source could be enterprise infrastructure. You didn't have to choose between "free and amateur" and "proprietary and reliable." | |
| Saint Errant applies the same principle to AI sovereignty. You don't have to choose between "local and limited" and "powerful but rented from a corporation." | |
| We build production-grade sovereign infrastructure. In the open. For everyone. | |
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| ## Enforcement | |
| Violations are handled by the Sovereign Architects in consultation with guild leads. | |
| Minor violations: warning, recorded to member chain entry. | |
| Repeated violations: temporary suspension from channels. | |
| Severe violations: permanent removal, sealed to the WORM chain as a permanent record. | |
| We do not delete records. The chain remembers. | |
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| ## Reporting | |
| Report conduct issues privately to: **devops@collectivekitty.com** | |
| Or DM a Sovereign directly in Discord. | |
| Reports are handled confidentially. The outcome is sealed to the governance chain (without identifying the reporter). | |
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| *Saint Errant · Sovereign Digital Society* | |
| *Independent. Grassroots. Sovereign. Built in the tradition of those who proved open source could run the world.* | |