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