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title: "Introduction"
description: "Introduces StarOpenSource's policies and why we have them"
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# Introduction to our policies
As many other things, the StarOpenSource community is governed by rules and policies.
These ensure that the integrity of the community stays intact and is held together.
We have a multitude of policies regarding StarOpenSource, it's members and projects,
which all determine how work shall be organized, workflows done and communication made.

## Constitution
Yes, not only countries can have constitutions. In StarOpenSource's case,
these lay ground rules in which the project may develop into and into which
it can't. All members, projects and even the organization itself are
required to follow these policies.

## Terms of Service
These govern the usage of our provided services. Anything interacting on or with
StarOpenSource's infrastructure is required to follow these guidelines.

## Development policies
These govern how software is developed inside the StarOpenSource Project.
They determine workflows, code style, maintenance efforts, how issue
tracking is performed and much more.