1=============== 2Code of Conduct 3=============== 4 5This code of conduct outlines our rules and expectations for everybody 6participating in the flashrom community. 7 8flashrom community etiquette 9============================ 10 11We have a friendly and productive atmosphere on our mailing lists, 12development / code review tools, real time chat rooms and when we meet in 13person. Our principles evolve around the following: 14 15* It's not the user's fault if something goes wrong. 16* Attempt collaboration before conflict. 17* People who intentionally insult others (users, developers, corporations, 18 other projects, or the flashrom project itself) will be dealt with. See 19 policy below. 20* We are dealing with hardware with lots of undocumented pitfalls. It is quite 21 possible that you did everything right, but flashrom still won't work for you. 22 23Refrain from insulting anyone or the group they belong to. Remember that 24people might be sensitive to other things than you are. 25 26Most of our community members are not native English speakers, thus 27misunderstandings can (and do) happen. Assume that others are friendly 28and may have picked less-than-stellar wording by accident as long as 29you possibly can. 30 31Reporting Issues 32================ 33 34If you have a grievance due to conduct in this community, we're sorry 35that you have had a bad experience, and we want to hear about it so 36we can resolve the situation. 37 38Please contact members of our arbitration team (listed below) promptly 39and directly, in person (if available) or by email: They will listen 40to you and react in a timely fashion. 41 42If you feel uncomfortable, please don't wait it out, ask for help, 43so we can work on setting things right. 44 45For transparency there is no alias or private mailing list address for 46you to reach out to, since we want to make sure that you know who will 47and who won't read your message. 48 49However since people might be on travel or otherwise be unavailable 50at times, please reach out to multiple persons at once, especially 51when using email. 52 53The team will treat your messages confidential as far as the law permits. 54For the purpose of knowing what law applies, the list provides the usual 55country of residence of each team member. 56 57Unacceptable Behavior 58===================== 59 60Unacceptable behaviors include: intimidating, harassing, abusive, 61discriminatory, derogatory or demeaning speech or actions by any 62participant in our community online, at all related events and in 63one-on-one communications carried out in the context of community 64business. Community event venues may be shared with members of the public; 65please be respectful to all patrons of these locations. 66 67Examples of behaviors we do not accept in our community: 68 69* harmful or prejudicial verbal or written comments related to gender, 70 sexual orientation, race, religion, disability; 71* inappropriate physical contact, and unwelcome sexual advances; 72* deliberate intimidation, stalking or following; 73* harassing photography or recording; 74* sustained disruption of talks or other events. 75 76Using this code of conduct aggressively against other people in the 77community might also be harassment. Be considerate when enforcing the code 78of conduct and always try to listen to both sides before passing judgment. 79 80Consequences of Unacceptable Behavior 81===================================== 82 83Unacceptable behavior from any community member, including sponsors and 84those with decision-making authority, will not be tolerated. 85 86Anyone asked to stop unacceptable behavior is expected to comply 87immediately. 88 89If a community member engages in unacceptable behavior, the community 90organizers may take any action they deem appropriate, up to and including 91a temporary ban or permanent expulsion from the community without warning 92(and without refund in the case of a paid event). 93 94Community organizers can be members of the arbitration team, or organizers 95of events and online communities. 96 97Addressing Grievances 98===================== 99 100If you feel you have been falsely or unfairly accused of violating this 101Code of Conduct, you should notify the arbitration team with a concise 102description of your grievance. 103 104Legal action 105============ 106 107Threatening or starting legal action against the project, sibling 108projects hosted on coreboot.org infrastructure, project or infrastructure 109maintainers leads to an immediate ban from coreboot.org and related 110systems. 111 112The ban can be reconsidered, but it's the default action because the 113people who pour lots of time and money into the projects aren't interested 114in seeing their resources used against them. 115 116Scope 117========== 118 119We expect all community participants (contributors, paid or otherwise; 120sponsors; and other guests) to abide by this Code of Conduct in all 121community venues, online and in-person, as well as in all one-on-one 122communications pertaining to community business. 123 124Contact info 125============ 126 127Our arbitration team consists of the following people 128 129* Anastasia Klimchuk <[email protected]> (Australia) 130* Stefan Reinauer <[email protected]> (USA) 131 132License and attribution 133======================= 134 135This Code of Conduct is distributed under 136a `Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 137license <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/>`_. It is based 138on the `Citizen Code of Conduct <https://web.archive.org/web/20200330154000/http://citizencodeofconduct.org/>`_ 139