https://tiagopires.com/writing/Recent content in The Warroom — Writing on Tiago PiresHugoen-auSun, 01 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://tiagopires.com/writing/code-of-sovereignty/Sun, 01 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://tiagopires.com/writing/code-of-sovereignty/<p>Every repository I maintain carries a file called <code>CODE_OF_SOVEREIGNTY.org</code> where other projects carry a Code of Conduct. It is not a compromise with one. It is a philosophically distinct instrument, and it is the founding document of this room.</p> <p>The premise is the one free software was born from: the user and the developer are sovereign over the machines they operate and the code they write. That sovereignty is not granted by institutions — it is inherent. The same principle that protects the four freedoms also protects the freedom of conscience of every contributor and maintainer. No governance document may legitimately require ideological conformity as a condition of participation, any more than a license may restrict the field of endeavour in which software is used.</p>