Code of Conduct
In order to foster a welcoming, positive, and rewarding experience, we as community members pledge to uphold this code of conduct.
Isn’t decent behavior already expected? We want to bring our best to each other as peers, and explicitly documenting our expectations lets us set a high bar for ourselves.
Be excellent to each other
“Excellent” means we:
- are wholly inclusive to existing members and newcomers looking to learn or participate. Some may raise questions that have been addressed before. Kindly point them to existing discussions. Everyone was new to a project once.
- respect your abilities, interests, and personal differences. Our different talents documenting, testing, coding, reviewing, reporting, and/or evangelizing are all valuable to the project.
- make concise and actionable points to respect your time as a volunteer. We respect each other’s time by keeping the signal-to-noise ratio high, staying on-topic, and being a good house-guest: every visit we strive to leave the place in better shape than when we arrived.
- are kind and assume positive intent, even when we disagree while working towards consensus and achieving the project’s technical goals.
- educate and illuminate others with something we know more about. We were all beginners once, and can teach and learn through feedback and sharing.
- are open to feedback from others, be it technical points, interpersonal tips, or language/wording suggestions.
- accept responsibility by apologizing to those affected by our mistakes and graciously accept apologies knowing that mistakes are part of the process.
- use words carefully, because we may not understand irony or negative sarcasm. We communicate plainly, and we justify our positions objectively and explicitly.
- leave with class, without drama or bitterness, when resigning for any reason. We champion your rights under the terms of the GPL to fork the code and create a new project, just as we stand on the shoulders of those who gave us the right to create this project.
Reporting Issues
Instances of abusive, harassing, or otherwise unacceptable behavior may be reported by contacting the project team. All complaints will be reviewed and investigated and will result in a response that is deemed necessary and appropriate to the circumstances. The project team is obligated to maintain confidentiality with regard to the reporter of an incident. Further details of specific enforcement policies may be posted separately.
License and Acknowledgement
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