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-====== Working in a team with and for Hyperbola ======+====== Working in a team with, on and for Hyperbola ======
  
 The basic rules for Hyperbola as a project are defined by our [[en:project:social_contract|Social Contract]] document. The purpose of this Teamwork document is to define what it means to work with and for the Hyperbola community as a contributor. Generally, Hyperbola looks for the following in its contributors: The basic rules for Hyperbola as a project are defined by our [[en:project:social_contract|Social Contract]] document. The purpose of this Teamwork document is to define what it means to work with and for the Hyperbola community as a contributor. Generally, Hyperbola looks for the following in its contributors:
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   * an orientation towards the UNIX design philosophies of minimalism and technical emancipation   * an orientation towards the UNIX design philosophies of minimalism and technical emancipation
  
-The following points are intended to define both acceptable and unacceptable behaviors from contributors. These are based on general guidance for projects such as Hyperbola, as well as to address specific situations that have arisen throughout the history of the Hyperbola project.+The following points are intended to define both acceptable and unacceptable behaviors from contributors. These are based on general guidance for projects such as Hyperbola, as well as to address specific situations that have arisen throughout the history of the Hyperbola project. We would like to underline that those rules here are surely in further development, so if anyone feels uncomfortable with one or more rules please speak up open with us. But also note that we then would like to work on a counterproposal. Criticism without any proposal for alternative is not working.
  
  
-  - **Respectful for each other:** Every team-member can await to be treated fair, but also has the commitment to respect other members same way. When there is something to debate, we demand that people get in touch with each other and clear up issues and problems and don't search only to create scandals. This kind of dramatic staging is not tolerated here at Hyperbola and also not within the team as this is not respectful treatment.+  - **Respectful for each other:** Every team-member can await to be treated fair, but also has the commitment to respect other members same way. When there is something to debate, we demand that people get in touch with each other and clear up issues and problems and don't search only to create scandals. This kind of dramatic staging is not tolerated here at Hyperbola and also not within the team as this is not respectful treatment. Please also never use [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sealioning|sealioning]] and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_triviality|bikeshedding]] in your approach for argumentation. Direct, but friendly approaches, including respect and inclusion is the way Hyperbola is using. Not the opposite as //bikeshedding// for example means focusing on the minor details in a discussion rather than the issue at hand. We have no interest in useless debates and accusations.
   - **Stating open about difficulties:** Not everyone has the same knowledge about everything. So every team-member should talk direct and open when something is not clear. Problems are made transparent, but also with clear and straight facts and not with interpretations.   - **Stating open about difficulties:** Not everyone has the same knowledge about everything. So every team-member should talk direct and open when something is not clear. Problems are made transparent, but also with clear and straight facts and not with interpretations.
   - **Not awaiting any advantages:** Team-members should not await a better position. So being part of the team working on Hyperbola means also to work with and for Hyperbola. Being part of the team just to present this like a trophy elsewhere is nothing we want here.   - **Not awaiting any advantages:** Team-members should not await a better position. So being part of the team working on Hyperbola means also to work with and for Hyperbola. Being part of the team just to present this like a trophy elsewhere is nothing we want here.
   - **Activity and help:** Hyperbola is oriented on its community and therefore team-members should do the same. Nevertheless there is nothing enforced. When a member has no time or lost interest, it is just helpful leaving a note about tasks not fully solved or left open for the moment. It is also fair to give this back instead to remember people endless and therefore combines with respect. The best way is surely to leave a mail so people have something to remember and work for. After 3 months of inactivity a team-member is also marked as inactive ([[https://www.hyperbola.info/members/members-fellows/|Members Fellows]]). There is in general no issue to ask for return any time, but we think it is clear to understand that inactivity is the wrong sign especially when people look on how to support Hyperbola, see a number of in their perspective sufficient helping persons and stop while exactly the majority marked as "active" are no longer working on, for and with Hyperbola. But also to note: Dramatic staging does not bring back anything and makes it even more complicated to return. Please understand that "respect" is not only a word here: If you think to treat people whatever you like and use them for your own projection space they won't be amused and willing to work again with you.   - **Activity and help:** Hyperbola is oriented on its community and therefore team-members should do the same. Nevertheless there is nothing enforced. When a member has no time or lost interest, it is just helpful leaving a note about tasks not fully solved or left open for the moment. It is also fair to give this back instead to remember people endless and therefore combines with respect. The best way is surely to leave a mail so people have something to remember and work for. After 3 months of inactivity a team-member is also marked as inactive ([[https://www.hyperbola.info/members/members-fellows/|Members Fellows]]). There is in general no issue to ask for return any time, but we think it is clear to understand that inactivity is the wrong sign especially when people look on how to support Hyperbola, see a number of in their perspective sufficient helping persons and stop while exactly the majority marked as "active" are no longer working on, for and with Hyperbola. But also to note: Dramatic staging does not bring back anything and makes it even more complicated to return. Please understand that "respect" is not only a word here: If you think to treat people whatever you like and use them for your own projection space they won't be amused and willing to work again with you.
   - **Using Hyperbola to build Hyperbola:** Yes, no one is forced to use Hyperbola, but as team-member it does not make any sense when someone is using a complete different system. So either as own installation or on a daily base we encourage and await the usage of Hyperbola for developing also within it as system.   - **Using Hyperbola to build Hyperbola:** Yes, no one is forced to use Hyperbola, but as team-member it does not make any sense when someone is using a complete different system. So either as own installation or on a daily base we encourage and await the usage of Hyperbola for developing also within it as system.
-  - **Misbehaving:** As already noted in the first point we ask for respecting each other. So what is the point when this is not done? We will refer to our [[en:project:social_contract|social contract]] in that case. But also to clear up: We do not tolerate misbehaving, harassing or anything in that direction. Every community-member is invited to participate. But to use Hyperbola only for own advantages, to make accusations towards team-members or other kind of actions is nothing we support. This also may lead to the point that there is no further return as team-member.+  - **Misbehaving:** As already noted in the first point we ask for respecting each other. So what is the point when this is not done? We will refer to our [[en:project:social_contract|social contract]] in that case. But also to clear up: We do not tolerate misbehaving, harassing or anything in that direction. Every community-member is invited to participate. But to use Hyperbola only for own advantages, to make accusations towards team-members or other kind of actions is nothing we support. This also may lead to the point that there is no further return as team-member. We also do not encourage any kind of personal attacks either within the team or the community. When someone is misbehaving on those levels, we will take consequences as a reasonable discussion is our way to go and attacking others not.
   - **Misusing Hyperbola:** Hyperbola offers many possibilities and surely also independence and technical emancipation as common major orientation. But every team-member should follow same ethical and moral principles, including also not to misuse Hyperbola and the community only for own advantages, for example to misuse donations. So far approved and getting into knowledge this will lead to the immediate discharge as part of the team, no option for returning. Hyperbola is also not a mirror for "activism" and is not meant like this. Free, libre software is done with altruistic motivations in our perspective, so this means engagement for each other without endless questioning and also being active engaged. Some phrases being used to describe Hyperbola may help, but in general bring nothing more when there is no activity behind them and persons stating only use those to mark something as bad or blame others. Especially this is something we also decline in our team.   - **Misusing Hyperbola:** Hyperbola offers many possibilities and surely also independence and technical emancipation as common major orientation. But every team-member should follow same ethical and moral principles, including also not to misuse Hyperbola and the community only for own advantages, for example to misuse donations. So far approved and getting into knowledge this will lead to the immediate discharge as part of the team, no option for returning. Hyperbola is also not a mirror for "activism" and is not meant like this. Free, libre software is done with altruistic motivations in our perspective, so this means engagement for each other without endless questioning and also being active engaged. Some phrases being used to describe Hyperbola may help, but in general bring nothing more when there is no activity behind them and persons stating only use those to mark something as bad or blame others. Especially this is something we also decline in our team.
-  - **No hearsay, lies and half-truths:** Every community-member and member of the team has the obligation to approve information and correct them when discovered not being true. Nobody is perfect, but we have no time for those and do not want to offer room for hearsay and conspiracy theories. Free, libre software is not political neutral, but also not a constant tool for support more paranoia. Spreading this in the context of Hyperbola is not acceptable in any way, neither for members of the team nor the community. We do not want to be part of anyone's special conspiracy theories, we also do not want to have Hyperbola being part as tool to attack democratic principles. So we oppose this active for sure and await this also from every member in our team and community. +  - **No hearsay, lies and half-truths:** Every community-member and member of the team has the obligation to approve information and correct them when discovered not being true. Nobody is perfect, but we have no time for those and do not want to offer room for hearsay and conspiracy theories. Free, libre software is not political neutral, but also not a constant tool for support more paranoia. Spreading this in the context of Hyperbola is not acceptable in any way, neither for members of the team nor the community. We do not want to be part of anyone's special conspiracy theories, we also do not want to have Hyperbola being part as tool to attack democratic principles. So we oppose this active for sure and await this also from every member in our team and community: Opinions based on conspiracy theories are opinions but not based on clear facts and information. Granting them the same right for being seen on pair with science is not working and pseudo-scientific opinions have no room at Hyperbola. 
-  - **Working and talking together:** We have every week a meeting in [[https://wiki.hyperbola.info/doku.php?id=en:start&redirect=1#irc_channels|IRC]], where we give insights for transparency. Besides we await for sure that every team-member is getting in touch together and work independently on matters together. We do not tolerate to claim being independent and misuse Hyperbola for own purpose driving the project into a complete different direction.+  - **Working and talking together:** We have talks in [[https://wiki.hyperbola.info/doku.php?id=en:start&redirect=1#irc_channels|IRC]], where we give insights for transparency. Besides we await for sure that every team-member is getting in touch together and work independently on matters. We do not tolerate to claim being independent and misuse Hyperbola for own purpose driving the project into a complete different direction.
   - **Not your own dreamcastle:** Yes, Hyperbola is about acting with and for free, libre culture and software. But also no as Hyperbola is not about the fulfillment of any personal "dreamcastle"-buildout. If people want to start something with and / or on top of Hyperbola, they can always feel welcome. But this is inbound with doing, not only with some statements and empty promises. If you want to do, please do and approve your doing. Not just think that you can be part of a team and others carry out and realize your wishes.   - **Not your own dreamcastle:** Yes, Hyperbola is about acting with and for free, libre culture and software. But also no as Hyperbola is not about the fulfillment of any personal "dreamcastle"-buildout. If people want to start something with and / or on top of Hyperbola, they can always feel welcome. But this is inbound with doing, not only with some statements and empty promises. If you want to do, please do and approve your doing. Not just think that you can be part of a team and others carry out and realize your wishes.
 +  - **There is no cloud, just other people's computer:** Hyperbola has no interest to include services and software just with the purpose to enforce remote connection and also bringing users into the adaption of services not under their own control. The power of data and processes running is always in the hands of users, not in hands of others. We don't include questionable or even worse non-free services at any time in the project. With this we await also the same from every community-member as data has to shared open without any boundaries, when people decide doing so.
 +  - **No code, no imagery and / or texts generated through machine learning:** We oppose the on-going trend to generate code, texts and other data through machine learning toolsets (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_language_processing) as most systems are trained with non-free material and cause drastic environmental damage on behalf of the needed energy. Any data created on such ways is forbidden to be used for the development and documentation of Hyperbola GNU/Linux-libre and also in the near future HyperbolaBSD.
 +  - **No abuse of power:** At Hyperbola we have the goal to use most common no hierarchical structures and minimize therefore also the abuse of power. But first to clear up what is exactly "abuse of power"? In generic to speak of this phrase when one individual has more power in form of knowledge and tools likewise rights granted in a software running and is exactly misusing these unfair, with the will to oppress other users. This can be a forum, wiki and also IRC-channels for example. Yes, we have moderation and for sure we have to look after our given rules. But we try most open to communicate when we have to act and do not leave a decision without a commentary. So yes we discuss for sure our decisions open and with criticism as this is part of Hyperbola to act open and transparent. Nevertheless we are not perfect. So when there is the impression of abuse of power, please get in touch with us. Give a chance for clearing up. Our team is not using given tools and rights without responsibility, but same way we await fairness and respect instead of common finger-pointing and projection. So a user being kicked from the IRC-channel for example is not censorship or oppression. Especially not when discussions and commentary the action is based on were discussed before and resulted into not helping Hyperbola or any individual being part and active in the project.
  
-If you do not see some points here fitting for you or you want to make your own rules, we kind but straight ask you to stop asking for being a member of the team (and the community also) as this does not make any sense: Hyperbola is not meant as your personal playfield for your visions. The system is meant to enable you working with your hardware, but reasonable and not meant on behalf of irretational thoughts. Decisions, workfows and more were made out of reasoning. They are surely part of discussion in time and can be optimized together. But the keywords here are **working together**, **teamwork** and **decision making together**. This implies also to accept existing workflows. If you have proposals to change them? Sure thing, but demanding from everyone to follow only your perspective without any approval is not working for us.+If you do not see some points here fitting for you or you want to make your own rules, we kind but straight ask you to stop asking for being a member of the team (and the community also) as this does not make any sense: Hyperbola is not meant as your personal playfield for your visions, when you only want to talk, discuss and let others do work and realize your "ideas". The system is meant to enable you working with your hardware, but reasonable and not meant on behalf of irretational thoughts. Decisions, workfows and more were made out of reasoning. They are surely part of discussion in time and can be optimized together. But the keywords here are **working together**, **teamwork** and **decision making together**. This implies also to accept existing workflows. If you have proposals to change them? Sure thing, but demanding from everyone to follow only your perspective without any approval is not working for this project. 
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 +<note>**A generic note about identity:** Sure thing Hyperbola as project and operating-system in a result may and can give a fitting identity for people. It is understandable that people also engage in free, libre software and culture. But please do not get lost within all of this. We understand the project as a toolset for **technical emancipation**, giving the user all possibilities to have a free, libre and non-invasive system with friendly included community-projects. But we also accept different approaches, only not for our project as we have defined our points clear. Please do not loose yourself into a complete oversized understanding of freedom. Everyone is free, but we also respect each other as long given democratic principles are possible and Hyperbola is always oriented on preserving these. We recognize the fact that every part can be exaggerated and this can result into ignorance towards the original issue. So preserve the perspective towards the essential points and not only your personal "freedom" - yes, exactly stated in quotation-marks now as we would ask what exact freedom is here described in that point and it surely stays only the personal freedom not the common one Hyperbola is oriented. Is it helpful to be angry and search for individuals, groups and / or projects only mirroring the personal anger? We say no. It is more helpful to engage into working together just instead to search for the next libertarian fulfillment. There is no need for any competition: Hyperbola is standing on its own as others do this same way on their own.</note> 
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 +And a last note: We respect as said constructive talking and criticism with the combined will to enhance issues found. Only reporting something without giving a helping hand or demanding is nothing we want here at any given time. If you want to use Hyperbola as system of your choice, you should also read through the different articles in our wiki to inform yourself about the project-goals. We are also not here to comply with your dissatisfaction when you await Hyperbola being just another GNU/Linux-system. You can speak up at any time, but we also do not tolerate only cynic reactions and provocations as we recognize them as a waste of time when constructive points are missing.
  
 ===== How to become part of the team? ===== ===== How to become part of the team? =====