Please note: This has been modified by Sam Trenholme to forbid “Cancel Culture” behavior when interacting with the MaraDNS community.
In the interest of fostering an open and welcoming environment, we as contributors and maintainers pledge to making participation in our project and our community a harassment-free experience for everyone, regardless of age, body size, disability, ethnicity, sex characteristics, gender identity and expression, level of experience, education, socio-economic status, nationality, personal appearance, race, religion, or sexual identity and orientation.
Examples of behavior that contributes to creating a positive environment include:
- Using welcoming and inclusive language
- Being respectful of differing viewpoints and experiences
- 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 unwelcome sexual attention or advances
- Trolling, insulting/derogatory comments, and personal or political attacks
- 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 in a professional setting
There is a cultural force called “cancel culture” where people are judged too harshly for things they either did a long time ago when the behavior may have been acceptable, things that can very well be false accusations, jokes in bad taste, having a reasonable political opinion (even if we do not agree with the opinion), or things no reasonable person would consider unacceptable behavior.
That in mind, please do not do any of the following, regardless of whether the accused is alive or dead:
- Please do not attack someone for something they did or believed a long time ago, unless one can present solid evidence that the alleged wrongdoer should had known the action (or belief) in question was not OK at the time. This is a fundamental human right: People can not be tried for Ex Post Facto crimes.
- Please do not assume someone is guilty of a heinous or criminal act without proof beyond a reasonable doubt they did the act in question.
- Please do not assume that a poorly done joke has been done to actually denigrate a group of people without looking at the context of the joke, including when the joke was made and the reason for the joke.
- Please do not attack someone or assume someone is a terrible person because they hold a political or other opinion one may disagree with, unless a reasonable person would infer the political belief and/or opinion in question is unacceptable.
It comes down to this: Any and all forums for discussing open source software I work on are not “social media” forums. The purposes of any and all community resources is to improve software, not to find stuff to get worked up and angry about.
Project maintainers 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 maintainers 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, or to ban temporarily or permanently any contributor for other behaviors that they deem inappropriate, threatening, offensive, or harmful.
This Code of Conduct applies both within project spaces and in public spaces when an individual is representing the project or its community. Examples of representing a project or community include using an official project e-mail address, posting via an official social media account, or acting as an appointed representative at an online or offline event. Representation of a project may be further defined and clarified by project maintainers.
Instances of abusive, harassing, or otherwise unacceptable behavior may be reported by contacting the project team at https://www.linkedin.com/in/sam-trenholme/. All complaints will be reviewed and investigated and will result in a response that is deemed necessary and appropriate to the circumstances. The project team is obligated to maintain confidentiality with regard to the reporter of an incident. Further details of specific enforcement policies may be posted separately.
Project maintainers who do not follow or enforce the Code of Conduct in good faith may face temporary or permanent repercussions as determined by other members of the project's leadership.
This Code of Conduct is adapted from the Contributor Covenant, version 1.4, available at https://www.contributor-covenant.org/version/1/4/code-of-conduct.html
For answers to common questions about this code of conduct, see https://www.contributor-covenant.org/faq