The goal of Spinel is to be an open source operating system. To this end, this code of conduct shall be employed to ensure a welcoming environment for all who wish to contribute to the project. While similar hobbyist operating system projects function very well without a code of conduct (or in some cases, a rather bare-bones code of conduct), larger projects have seen quite a bit of strife over inclusiveness and being awesome to each other, as strange as it sounds. This code, therefore, is to prevent Spinel from becoming a flamewar battleground rather than an operating system.
This code is intended to be rather short, and should be mostly obvious.
Summary: Please be nice to people! Using English is recommended!
- Fighting fire with fire only leads to more fire and is thus prohibited.
- Do not discriminate by gender, sexual orientation, mental affliction, disability, race, age, appearance, etc. This includes the usage of slurs.
- Don't refer to people by names they no longer wish to go by.
- Please use the correct gender when referring to people. If you are unsure of someone's gender, utilize gender netural terms. Since the 1300s, the gender neutral pronoun for people in English is "they".
- NSFW content or behaviour (sexual behaviour, pornography, gore) is prohibited.
- This is worth reduplicating: sexual behaviour is prohibited.
- Abuse (stalking, threats of violence, harassment) is prohibited.
- Libel and slander are prohibited (and may be illegal in your jurisdiction).
- Abusing people in real life (physically, sexually, mentally, emotionally, etc.) or supporting those who do is grounds for penalization.
- Communication in English is preferred when contributing to Spinel. Most contributors, including the project maintainer, understand English and may have limitied abilities in other languages. If your communication is not in English, it may be ignored until someone knowledgeable in your language notices it.
Penalties for violating the rules may be decided on a case-by-case basis, but the typical penalty (with the exception of the rule about speaking English) is being effectively banned from the repository: your account will be blocked, and all pull requests from you will be denied immediately.
The intention of these rules is to create an environment that encourages efficient, successful collaboration among many people. These rules are fairly baseline, at least from the perspective of the project maintainer. That being said, if you do not agree to these terms, not all hope for your programming curiosity is lost. There are several operating systems out there with less restrictive or even no codes of conduct. Note that even these operating systems may prohibit your contributions if your behaviour is egregious enough (ex. murder, sexual assault).