# The forum has an updated Code of Conduct **URL:** \ **Category:** Governance\ **Created:** [September 17, 2020, 1:12pm UTC](https://forum.grin.mw/t/the-forum-has-an-updated-code-of-conduct/7843 "2020-09-17T13:12:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 14
**Author:** ![lehnberg](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forum.grin.mw/lehnberg/32/159_2.png) [@lehnberg](https://forum.grin.mw/u/lehnberg)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2020, 9:55am UTC](https://forum.grin.mw/t/the-forum-has-an-updated-code-of-conduct/7843/14 "2020-09-18T09:55:53Z")
This thread has a few odd takes, I’d like to make a couple of clarifications. 1. This is an **update** , to a [previously existing code of conduct](https://github.com/mimblewimble/grin/pull/3447/files#diff-a1ee87dafebc22cbd96979f1b2b7e837). 2. The previous version of the code of conduct was not forced upon other independent Grin communities, like the GrinHub telegram group or one of the many Discord servers. This one will not be either. Nobody wants to do that, and even if they did, I don’t see how it would be possible to do so in any case. They are welcome to adopt their own code, no code, this code, or some other code. 3. All the work and discussion for this work effort has been done in the open, including: 4. Here’s what I said when I [announced the work](https://github.com/mimblewimble/grin-pm/blob/master/notes/20200630-meeting-governance.md#72-code-of-conduct): 5. The contributor covenant has an [FAQ section](https://www.contributor-covenant.org/faq/) which might be useful to read. There’s actually an answer to a question that’s raised in this thread: 6. The past few weeks discussion on [how to iterate on governance](https://forum.grin.mw/t/dismantling-the-core-team-and-governance-structure/) is still ongoing, and is completely separate to this effort, [which was kicked off almost 3 months ago](https://github.com/mimblewimble/grin-pm/issues/309). --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.grin.mw/t/the-forum-has-an-updated-code-of-conduct/7843)._