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CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
1 <!-- 2 SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2014 Coraline Ada Ehmke 3 SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2019-2021 Kattni Rembor 4 5 SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0 6 --> 7 # CircuitPython Community Code of Conduct 8 9 ## Our Pledge 10 11 In the interest of fostering an open and welcoming environment, we as 12 contributors and leaders pledge to making participation in our project and 13 our community a harassment-free experience for everyone, regardless of age, body 14 size, disability, ethnicity, gender identity and expression, level or type of 15 experience, education, socio-economic status, nationality, personal appearance, 16 race, religion, or sexual identity and orientation. 17 18 ## Our Standards 19 20 We are committed to providing a friendly, safe and welcoming environment for 21 all. 22 23 Examples of behavior that contributes to creating a positive environment 24 include: 25 26 * Be kind and courteous to others 27 * Using welcoming and inclusive language 28 * Being respectful of differing viewpoints and experiences 29 * Collaborating with other community members 30 * Gracefully accepting constructive criticism 31 * Focusing on what is best for the community 32 * Showing empathy towards other community members 33 34 Examples of unacceptable behavior by participants include: 35 36 * The use of sexualized language or imagery and sexual attention or advances 37 * The use of inappropriate images, including in a community member's avatar 38 * The use of inappropriate language, including in a community member's nickname 39 * Any spamming, flaming, baiting or other attention-stealing behavior 40 * Excessive or unwelcome helping; answering outside the scope of the question 41 asked 42 * Discussion or promotion of activities or projects that intend or pose a risk of 43 significant harm 44 * Trolling, insulting/derogatory comments, and personal or political attacks 45 * Promoting or spreading disinformation, lies, or conspiracy theories against 46 a person, group, organisation, project, or community 47 * Public or private harassment 48 * Publishing others' private information, such as a physical or electronic 49 address, without explicit permission 50 * Other conduct which could reasonably be considered inappropriate 51 52 The goal of the standards and moderation guidelines outlined here is to build 53 and maintain a respectful community. We ask that you don’t just aim to be 54 "technically unimpeachable", but rather try to be your best self. 55 56 We value many things beyond technical expertise, including collaboration and 57 supporting others within our community. Providing a positive experience for 58 other community members can have a much more significant impact than simply 59 providing the correct answer. 60 61 ## Our Responsibilities 62 63 Project leaders are responsible for clarifying the standards of acceptable 64 behavior and are expected to take appropriate and fair corrective action in 65 response to any instances of unacceptable behavior. 66 67 Project leaders have the right and responsibility to remove, edit, or 68 reject messages, comments, commits, code, issues, and other contributions 69 that are not aligned to this Code of Conduct, or to ban temporarily or 70 permanently any community member for other behaviors that they deem 71 inappropriate, threatening, offensive, or harmful. 72 73 ## Moderation 74 75 Instances of behaviors that violate the CircuitPython Community Code of Conduct 76 may be reported by any member of the community. Community members are 77 encouraged to report these situations, including situations they witness 78 involving other community members. 79 80 You may report in the following ways: 81 82 In any situation, you may email the project maintainer. 83 84 Email reports will be kept confidential. 85 86 In situations on GitHub where the issue is particularly offensive, possibly 87 illegal, requires immediate action, or violates the GitHub terms of service, 88 you should also report the message directly to GitHub via the comment, or via 89 [GitHub Support](https://support.github.com/contact/report-abuse?category=report-abuse&report=other&report_type=unspecified). 90 91 These are the steps for upholding our community’s standards of conduct. 92 93 1. Any member of the community may report any situation that violates the 94 CircuitPython Community Code of Conduct. All reports will be reviewed and 95 investigated. 96 2. If the behavior is a severe violation, the community member who 97 committed the violation may be banned immediately, without warning. 98 3. Otherwise, moderators will first respond to such behavior with a warning. 99 4. Moderators follow a soft "three strikes" policy - the community member may 100 be given another chance, if they are receptive to the warning and change their 101 behavior. 102 5. If the community member is unreceptive or unreasonable when warned by a 103 moderator, or the warning goes unheeded, they may be banned for a first or 104 second offense. Repeated offenses will result in the community member being 105 banned. 106 6. Disciplinary actions (warnings, bans, etc) for Code of Conduct violations apply 107 to the platform where the violation occurred. However, depending on the severity 108 of the violation, the disciplinary action may be applied across CircuitPython's 109 other community platforms. For example, a severe violation in one Community forum 110 may result in a ban on not only the CircuitPython GitHub organisation, 111 but also on the CircuitPython Twitter, live stream text chats, etc. 112 113 ## Scope 114 115 This Code of Conduct and the enforcement policies listed above apply to all 116 CircuitPython Community venues. This includes but is not limited to any community 117 spaces (both public and private), and CircuitPython repositories. Examples of 118 CircuitPython Community spaces include but are not limited to meet-ups, issue 119 threads on GitHub, text chats during a live stream, or interaction at a conference. 120 121 This Code of Conduct applies both within project spaces and in public spaces 122 when an individual is representing the project or its community. As a community 123 member, you are representing our community, and are expected to behave 124 accordingly. 125 126 ## Attribution 127 128 This Code of Conduct is adapted from the 129 [Adafruit Community Code of Conduct](https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_Community_Code_of_Conduct), 130 which is adapted from the [Contributor Covenant](https://www.contributor-covenant.org/), 131 version 1.4, available on [contributor-covenant.org](https://www.contributor-covenant.org/version/1/4/code-of-conduct.html), 132 and the [Rust Code of Conduct](https://www.rust-lang.org/en-US/conduct.html). 133 134 For other projects adopting the CircuitPython Community Code of 135 Conduct, please contact the maintainers of those projects for enforcement. 136 If you wish to use this code of conduct for your own project, consider 137 explicitly mentioning your moderation policy or making a copy with your 138 own moderation policy so as to avoid confusion.