"Several open-source communities face issues of inappropriate contributor
behavior.
• Government- and foundation-sponsored DPGs should be careful not to replicate this
shortcoming.
• A best practice to govern this market shortcoming is creating a code of conduct for
contributors.
• Having a code of conduct is a best practice that has long been deployed in the com-
mercial sector.
• A code of conduct in government- or foundation-sponsored communities may serve
several functions (e.g., connecting vision, mission, and values to contributors and
making expected behavior explicit).
• A code of conduct should be enforceable to manage potential tensions in the
community" [^1]

Based on https://contributing.md/generator/

cf. https://gitlab.com/opendata.ch/openparldatach/data-infrastructure/-/blob/develop/CONTRIBUTING.md

[^1]: https://ash.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/best_practices_for_the_governance_of_digital_public_goods.pdf