&gt; Many people apparently did not have this expectation of technical conferences, based on their experiences.<p>Or they did and were quickly disillusioned.<p>&gt; Really? To me it says &quot;these are our expectations&quot;.<p>Indeed. &quot;Murder&quot; is strictly legally defined and the definition is relatively universal, not so for some other behaviours. CoCs simply take the RFC option of defining what they&#x27;re going to talk about beforehand so all participants can be on the same page.