diff --git a/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md b/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..2c17dcfe16 --- /dev/null +++ b/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md @@ -0,0 +1,135 @@ + +# Adafruit Community Code of Conduct + +## Our Pledge + +In the interest of fostering an open and welcoming environment, we as +contributors and leaders pledge to making participation in our project and +our community a harassment-free experience for everyone, regardless of age, body +size, disability, ethnicity, gender identity and expression, level or type of +experience, education, socio-economic status, nationality, personal appearance, +race, religion, or sexual identity and orientation. + +## Our Standards + +We are committed to providing a friendly, safe and welcoming environment for +all. + +Examples of behavior that contributes to creating a positive environment +include: + +* Be kind and courteous to others +* Using welcoming and inclusive language +* Being respectful of differing viewpoints and experiences +* Collaborating with other community members +* Gracefully accepting constructive criticism +* Focusing on what is best for the community +* Showing empathy towards other community members + +Examples of unacceptable behavior by participants include: + +* The use of sexualized language or imagery and sexual attention or advances +* The use of inappropriate images, including in a community member's avatar +* The use of inappropriate language, including in a community member's nickname +* Any spamming, flaming, baiting or other attention-stealing behavior +* Excessive or unwelcome helping; answering outside the scope of the question + asked +* Trolling, insulting/derogatory comments, and personal or political attacks +* Promoting or spreading disinformation, lies, or conspiracy theories against + a person, group, organisation, project, or community +* Public or private harassment +* Publishing others' private information, such as a physical or electronic + address, without explicit permission +* Other conduct which could reasonably be considered inappropriate + +The goal of the standards and moderation guidelines outlined here is to build +and maintain a respectful community. We ask that you don’t just aim to be +"technically unimpeachable", but rather try to be your best self. + +We value many things beyond technical expertise, including collaboration and +supporting others within our community. Providing a positive experience for +other community members can have a much more significant impact than simply +providing the correct answer. + +## Our Responsibilities + +Project leaders are responsible for clarifying the standards of acceptable +behavior and are expected to take appropriate and fair corrective action in +response to any instances of unacceptable behavior. + +Project leaders have the right and responsibility to remove, edit, or +reject messages, comments, commits, code, issues, and other contributions +that are not aligned to this Code of Conduct, or to ban temporarily or +permanently any community member for other behaviors that they deem +inappropriate, threatening, offensive, or harmful. + +## Moderation + +Instances of behaviors that violate the Adafruit Community Code of Conduct +may be reported by any member of the community. Community members are +encouraged to report these situations, including situations they witness +involving other community members. + +You may report in the following ways: + +In any situation, you may send an email to . + +On the Adafruit Discord, you may send an open message from any channel +to all Community Moderators by tagging @community moderators. You may +also send an open message from any channel, or a direct message to +@kattni#1507, @tannewt#4653, @danh#1614, @cater#2442, +@sommersoft#0222, @Mr. Certainly#0472 or @Andon#8175. + +Email and direct message reports will be kept confidential. + +In situations on Discord where the issue is particularly egregious, possibly +illegal, requires immediate action, or violates the Discord terms of service, +you should also report the message directly to Discord. + +These are the steps for upholding our community’s standards of conduct. + +1. Any member of the community may report any situation that violates the +Adafruit Community Code of Conduct. All reports will be reviewed and +investigated. +2. If the behavior is an egregious violation, the community member who +committed the violation may be banned immediately, without warning. +3. Otherwise, moderators will first respond to such behavior with a warning. +4. Moderators follow a soft "three strikes" policy - the community member may +be given another chance, if they are receptive to the warning and change their +behavior. +5. If the community member is unreceptive or unreasonable when warned by a +moderator, or the warning goes unheeded, they may be banned for a first or +second offense. Repeated offenses will result in the community member being +banned. + +## Scope + +This Code of Conduct and the enforcement policies listed above apply to all +Adafruit Community venues. This includes but is not limited to any community +spaces (both public and private), the entire Adafruit Discord server, and +Adafruit GitHub repositories. Examples of Adafruit Community spaces include +but are not limited to meet-ups, audio chats on the Adafruit Discord, or +interaction at a conference. + +This Code of Conduct applies both within project spaces and in public spaces +when an individual is representing the project or its community. As a community +member, you are representing our community, and are expected to behave +accordingly. + +## Attribution + +This Code of Conduct is adapted from the [Contributor Covenant](https://www.contributor-covenant.org), +version 1.4, available at +, +and the [Rust Code of Conduct](https://www.rust-lang.org/en-US/conduct.html). + +For other projects adopting the Adafruit Community Code of +Conduct, please contact the maintainers of those projects for enforcement. +If you wish to use this code of conduct for your own project, consider +explicitly mentioning your moderation policy or making a copy with your +own moderation policy so as to avoid confusion.