ICFP/SPLASH 2025 (series) / OCaml 2025 (series) / OCaml Users and Developers Workshop 2025 / How the OCaml Community Established Its Code of Conduct
How the OCaml Community Established Its Code of ConductInvited Talk
The OCaml language has been open source since its inception. Originating at INRIA nearly three decades ago, the OCaml ecosystem has had contributors from diverse professional backgrounds and disciplines. A large number of OCaml projects are open-source, including the compiler itself, platform tooling, and associated libraries. Despite the existence of this extensive open-source ecosystem, the OCaml community adopted a Code of Conduct only three years ago. This presentation will detail the process of introducing this Code of Conduct: forming a team of volunteers, drafting the document, gathering community feedback, making amendments, and sharing the lessons learned.