code-of-conduct.md (5829B)
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.