1  # Adafruit Community Code of Conduct
  2  
  3  ## Our Pledge
  4  
  5  In the interest of fostering an open and welcoming environment, we as
  6  contributors and leaders pledge to making participation in our project and
  7  our community a harassment-free experience for everyone, regardless of age, body
  8  size, disability, ethnicity, gender identity and expression, level or type of
  9  experience, education, socio-economic status, nationality, personal appearance,
 10  race, religion, or sexual identity and orientation.
 11  
 12  ## Our Standards
 13  
 14  We are committed to providing a friendly, safe and welcoming environment for
 15  all.
 16  
 17  Examples of behavior that contributes to creating a positive environment
 18  include:
 19  
 20  * Be kind and courteous to others
 21  * Using welcoming and inclusive language
 22  * Being respectful of differing viewpoints and experiences
 23  * Collaborating with other community members
 24  * Gracefully accepting constructive criticism
 25  * Focusing on what is best for the community
 26  * Showing empathy towards other community members
 27  
 28  Examples of unacceptable behavior by participants include:
 29  
 30  * The use of sexualized language or imagery and sexual attention or advances
 31  * The use of inappropriate images, including in a community member's avatar
 32  * The use of inappropriate language, including in a community member's nickname
 33  * Any spamming, flaming, baiting or other attention-stealing behavior
 34  * Excessive or unwelcome helping; answering outside the scope of the question
 35    asked
 36  * Trolling, insulting/derogatory comments, and personal or political attacks
 37  * Public or private harassment
 38  * Publishing others' private information, such as a physical or electronic
 39    address, without explicit permission
 40  * Other conduct which could reasonably be considered inappropriate
 41  
 42  The goal of the standards and moderation guidelines outlined here is to build
 43  and maintain a respectful community. We ask that you don’t just aim to be
 44  "technically unimpeachable", but rather try to be your best self. 
 45  
 46  We value many things beyond technical expertise, including collaboration and
 47  supporting others within our community. Providing a positive experience for
 48  other community members can have a much more significant impact than simply
 49  providing the correct answer.
 50  
 51  ## Our Responsibilities
 52  
 53  Project leaders are responsible for clarifying the standards of acceptable
 54  behavior and are expected to take appropriate and fair corrective action in
 55  response to any instances of unacceptable behavior.
 56  
 57  Project leaders have the right and responsibility to remove, edit, or
 58  reject messages, comments, commits, code, issues, and other contributions
 59  that are not aligned to this Code of Conduct, or to ban temporarily or
 60  permanently any community member for other behaviors that they deem
 61  inappropriate, threatening, offensive, or harmful.
 62  
 63  ## Moderation
 64  
 65  Instances of behaviors that violate the Adafruit Community Code of Conduct
 66  may be reported by any member of the community. Community members are
 67  encouraged to report these situations, including situations they witness
 68  involving other community members.
 69  
 70  You may report in the following ways:
 71  
 72  In any situation, you may send an email to <support@adafruit.com>.
 73  
 74  On the Adafruit Discord, you may send an open message from any channel
 75  to all Community Helpers by tagging @community helpers. You may also send an
 76  open message from any channel, or a direct message to @kattni#1507,
 77  @tannewt#4653, @Dan Halbert#1614, @cater#2442, @sommersoft#0222, or
 78  @Andon#8175.
 79  
 80  Email and direct message reports will be kept confidential.
 81  
 82  In situations on Discord where the issue is particularly egregious, possibly
 83  illegal, requires immediate action, or violates the Discord terms of service,
 84  you should also report the message directly to Discord.
 85  
 86  These are the steps for upholding our community’s standards of conduct.
 87  
 88  1. Any member of the community may report any situation that violates the
 89  Adafruit Community Code of Conduct. All reports will be reviewed and
 90  investigated.
 91  2. If the behavior is an egregious violation, the community member who
 92  committed the violation may be banned immediately, without warning.
 93  3. Otherwise, moderators will first respond to such behavior with a warning.
 94  4. Moderators follow a soft "three strikes" policy - the community member may
 95  be given another chance, if they are receptive to the warning and change their
 96  behavior.
 97  5. If the community member is unreceptive or unreasonable when warned by a
 98  moderator, or the warning goes unheeded, they may be banned for a first or
 99  second offense. Repeated offenses will result in the community member being
100  banned.
101  
102  ## Scope
103  
104  This Code of Conduct and the enforcement policies listed above apply to all
105  Adafruit Community venues. This includes but is not limited to any community
106  spaces (both public and private), the entire Adafruit Discord server, and
107  Adafruit GitHub repositories. Examples of Adafruit Community spaces include
108  but are not limited to meet-ups, audio chats on the Adafruit Discord, or
109  interaction at a conference.
110  
111  This Code of Conduct applies both within project spaces and in public spaces
112  when an individual is representing the project or its community. As a community
113  member, you are representing our community, and are expected to behave
114  accordingly.
115  
116  ## Attribution
117  
118  This Code of Conduct is adapted from the [Contributor Covenant][homepage],
119  version 1.4, available at
120  <https://www.contributor-covenant.org/version/1/4/code-of-conduct.html>,
121  and the [Rust Code of Conduct](https://www.rust-lang.org/en-US/conduct.html).
122  
123  For other projects adopting the Adafruit Community Code of
124  Conduct, please contact the maintainers of those projects for enforcement.
125  If you wish to use this code of conduct for your own project, consider
126  explicitly mentioning your moderation policy or making a copy with your
127  own moderation policy so as to avoid confusion.