I feel FOSDEM might be the right place to raise this for a few reasons A recent high court decision has agreed that some of the more controversial analogies and metaphors are permitted[1] under academic freedom. Personally, I would not use the same metaphor in the same context or talking about the country in question. Quoting[1] Dr Stone from Melbourne Law School "given the requirements of the principle of academic freedom and the principle’s centrality to the purposes of a university, the particular provision that protects ‘intellectual freedom’ should have been understood, in some circumstances, *to take priority over the code of conduct* that Ridd was found to have breached" The case is about expressing an idea. It is not a blanket authorization to insult people. A volunteer on another FOSDEM list recently used an alias for the sanitary pass that is based on the same theme as the court judgment. Another volunteer observed that the pseudonym may violate a CoC. Anyway, the FOSDEM venue is a university so that makes it a great place to contemplate academic freedom. The L in ULB is for Libre The Nobel Peace Prize has just been granted[2] for efforts to safeguard Freedom of Expression. Is it a good moment to contemplate the relationship between Academic Freedom and CoCs? Regards, Daniel 1. https://www.sydney.edu.au/content/dam/corporate/documents/sydney-law-school/... 2. https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2021/oct/08/nobel-peace-prize-2021-wi...