Of course a CoC can&#x27;t make a community actually do anything. These are Open Source communities we&#x27;re talking about here, and nobody can make anyone do anything at all.<p>You&#x27;re alleging that a CoC is meaningless, but why implement a CoC, as a community, if you don&#x27;t <i>actually want more women and people of color</i> becoming involved in your projects? The CoC is the signal saying, &quot;We, as a community, want you to feel welcome here.&quot;<p>That&#x27;s all I&#x27;m saying it does, and all I&#x27;m suggesting it can do, and I say that&#x27;s sufficient cause to implement a CoC, <i>if</i> you want more women and people of color in your community.<p>So, to repeat, a CoC is a signal of desire to be inclusive. It is not a law, it is not a guarantee, it won&#x27;t make assholes stop being assholes. It is a sign on the door saying, &quot;We&#x27;re gonna try to be welcoming. Come on in.&quot;