We as members, contributors, and leaders pledge to make participation in our community a harassment-free experience for everyone, regardless of age, body size, visible or invisible disability, ethnicity, sex characteristics, gender identity and expression, level of experience, education, socio-economic status, nationality, personal appearance, race, caste, color, religion, or sexual identity and orientation.
We pledge to act and interact in ways that contribute to an open, welcoming, diverse, inclusive, and healthy community.
Examples of behavior that contributes to a positive environment for our community include:
- Demonstrating empathy and kindness toward other people
- Being respectful of differing opinions, viewpoints, and experiences
- Giving and gracefully accepting constructive feedback
- Accepting responsibility and apologizing to those affected by our mistakes, and learning from the experience
- Focusing on what is best not just for us as individuals, but for the overall community
- Using welcoming and inclusive language
- Being patient with newcomers and those learning
- Celebrating the contributions of all community members
Examples of unacceptable behavior include:
- The use of sexualized language or imagery, and sexual attention or advances of any kind
- Trolling, insulting or derogatory comments, and personal or political attacks
- Public or private harassment
- Publishing others' private information, such as a physical or email address, without their explicit permission
- Other conduct which could reasonably be considered inappropriate in a professional setting
- Dismissing or attacking inclusion-focused requests or concerns
- Sustained disruption of community discussions or events
In addition to the standard Contributor Covenant, we emphasize emotional safety:
- Assume Good Intent: Approach disagreements with curiosity, not judgment
- Right to Pause: Anyone can request a pause in heated discussions
- No Shaming: Mistakes are learning opportunities, not ammunition
- Reversibility: Changes can be undone - experiment freely
- Anxiety Awareness: Be mindful that technical changes can cause anxiety
- Celebrate Trying: Value attempts and experiments, not just successes
These principles align with our TPCF framework's emphasis on graduated trust and psychological safety in open source contribution.
Community leaders are responsible for clarifying and enforcing our standards of acceptable behavior and will take appropriate and fair corrective action in response to any behavior that they deem inappropriate, threatening, offensive, or harmful.
Community leaders have the right and responsibility to remove, edit, or reject comments, commits, code, wiki edits, issues, and other contributions that are not aligned to this Code of Conduct, and will communicate reasons for moderation decisions when appropriate.
This Code of Conduct applies within all community spaces, and also applies when an individual is officially representing the community in public spaces. Examples of representing our community include using an official e-mail address, posting via an official social media account, or acting as an appointed representative at an online or offline event.
Instances of abusive, harassing, or otherwise unacceptable behavior may be reported to the community leaders responsible for enforcement at:
[INSERT CONTACT EMAIL]
All complaints will be reviewed and investigated promptly and fairly.
All community leaders are obligated to respect the privacy and security of the reporter of any incident.
Community leaders will follow these Community Impact Guidelines in determining the consequences for any action they deem in violation of this Code of Conduct:
Community Impact: Use of inappropriate language or other behavior deemed unprofessional or unwelcome in the community.
Consequence: A private, written warning from community leaders, providing clarity around the nature of the violation and an explanation of why the behavior was inappropriate. A public apology may be requested.
Community Impact: A violation through a single incident or series of actions.
Consequence: A warning with consequences for continued behavior. No interaction with the people involved, including unsolicited interaction with those enforcing the Code of Conduct, for a specified period of time. This includes avoiding interactions in community spaces as well as external channels like social media. Violating these terms may lead to a temporary or permanent ban.
Community Impact: A serious violation of community standards, including sustained inappropriate behavior.
Consequence: A temporary ban from any sort of interaction or public communication with the community for a specified period of time. No public or private interaction with the people involved, including unsolicited interaction with those enforcing the Code of Conduct, is allowed during this period. Violating these terms may lead to a permanent ban.
Community Impact: Demonstrating a pattern of violation of community standards, including sustained inappropriate behavior, harassment of an individual, or aggression toward or disparagement of classes of individuals.
Consequence: A permanent ban from any sort of public interaction within the community.
This Code of Conduct integrates with our Tri-Perimeter Contribution Framework (TPCF):
- Perimeter 3 (Community Sandbox): All contributors start here with full CoC protections
- Perimeter 2 (Trusted Contributors): Demonstrated alignment with CoC values
- Perimeter 1 (Maintainers): Responsible for CoC enforcement and modeling
See TPCF.md for details on how contributions are graduated based on trust and
demonstrated community values.
This Code of Conduct is adapted from the Contributor Covenant, version 2.1, available at https://www.contributor-covenant.org/version/2/1/code_of_conduct.html.
Community Impact Guidelines were inspired by Mozilla's code of conduct enforcement ladder.
For answers to common questions about this code of conduct, see the FAQ at https://www.contributor-covenant.org/faq. Translations are available at https://www.contributor-covenant.org/translations.
We recognize that open source contribution can be anxiety-inducing. To support emotional safety:
- Reversibility Over Perfection: All changes are reversible. Try things!
- No Shame Culture: Mistakes are data, not failures
- Explicit Consent: Ask before major refactors or direction changes
- Psychological Safety: It's safe to ask "Why?" and challenge assumptions
- Celebrate Experiments: We value learning, even from failed experiments
These principles are inspired by the Emotional Temperature research in the RSR framework.
Version: 2.1 + Emotional Safety Addendum Last Updated: 2025-01-22