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Code of Conduct: Let's revamp it.

The Code of Conflict is not achieving its implicit goal of fostering civility and the spirit of 'be excellent to each other'. Explicit guidelines have demonstrated success in other projects and other areas of the kernel. Here is a Code of Conduct statement for the wider kernel. It is based on the Contributor Covenant as described at www.contributor-covenant.org From this point forward, we should abide by these rules in order to help make the kernel community a welcoming environment to participate in.

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Documentation/process/code-of-conduct.rst+81−0
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1+Contributor Covenant Code of Conduct
2+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
3+
4+Our Pledge
5+==========
6+
7+In the interest of fostering an open and welcoming environment, we as
8+contributors and maintainers pledge to making participation in our project and
9+our community a harassment-free experience for everyone, regardless of age, body
10+size, disability, ethnicity, sex characteristics, gender identity and
11+expression, level of experience, education, socio-economic status, nationality,
12+personal appearance, race, religion, or sexual identity and orientation.
13+
14+Our Standards
15+=============
16+
17+Examples of behavior that contributes to creating a positive environment
18+include:
19+
20+* Using welcoming and inclusive language
21+* Being respectful of differing viewpoints and experiences
22+* Gracefully accepting constructive criticism
23+* Focusing on what is best for the community
24+* Showing empathy towards other community members
25+
26+
27+Examples of unacceptable behavior by participants include:
28+
29+* The use of sexualized language or imagery and unwelcome sexual attention or
30+ advances
31+* Trolling, insulting/derogatory comments, and personal or political attacks
32+* Public or private harassment
33+* Publishing others’ private information, such as a physical or electronic
34+ address, without explicit permission
35+* Other conduct which could reasonably be considered inappropriate in a
36+ professional setting
37+
38+
39+Our Responsibilities
40+====================
41+
42+Maintainers are responsible for clarifying the standards of acceptable behavior
43+and are expected to take appropriate and fair corrective action in response to
44+any instances of unacceptable behavior.
45+
46+Maintainers have the right and responsibility to remove, edit, or reject
47+comments, commits, code, wiki edits, issues, and other contributions that are
48+not aligned to this Code of Conduct, or to ban temporarily or permanently any
49+contributor for other behaviors that they deem inappropriate, threatening,
50+offensive, or harmful.
51+
52+Scope
53+=====
54+
55+This Code of Conduct applies both within project spaces and in public spaces
56+when an individual is representing the project or its community. Examples of
57+representing a project or community include using an official project e-mail
58+address, posting via an official social media account, or acting as an appointed
59+representative at an online or offline event. Representation of a project may be
60+further defined and clarified by project maintainers.
61+
62+Enforcement
63+===========
64+
65+Instances of abusive, harassing, or otherwise unacceptable behavior may be
66+reported by contacting the Technical Advisory Board (TAB) at
67+<tab@lists.linux-foundation.org>. All complaints will be reviewed and
68+investigated and will result in a response that is deemed necessary and
69+appropriate to the circumstances. The TAB is obligated to maintain
70+confidentiality with regard to the reporter of an incident. Further details of
71+specific enforcement policies may be posted separately.
72+
73+Maintainers who do not follow or enforce the Code of Conduct in good faith may
74+face temporary or permanent repercussions as determined by other members of the
75+project’s leadership.
76+
77+Attribution
78+===========
79+
80+This Code of Conduct is adapted from the Contributor Covenant, version 1.4,
81+available at https://www.contributor-covenant.org/version/1/4/code-of-conduct.html
Documentation/process/code-of-conflict.rst+0−28
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1−Code of Conflict
2−----------------
3−
4−The Linux kernel development effort is a very personal process compared
5−to "traditional" ways of developing software. Your code and ideas
6−behind it will be carefully reviewed, often resulting in critique and
7−criticism. The review will almost always require improvements to the
8−code before it can be included in the kernel. Know that this happens
9−because everyone involved wants to see the best possible solution for
10−the overall success of Linux. This development process has been proven
11−to create the most robust operating system kernel ever, and we do not
12−want to do anything to cause the quality of submission and eventual
13−result to ever decrease.
14−
15−If however, anyone feels personally abused, threatened, or otherwise
16−uncomfortable due to this process, that is not acceptable. If so,
17−please contact the Linux Foundation's Technical Advisory Board at
18−<tab@lists.linux-foundation.org>, or the individual members, and they
19−will work to resolve the issue to the best of their ability. For more
20−information on who is on the Technical Advisory Board and what their
21−role is, please see:
22−
23− - http://www.linuxfoundation.org/projects/linux/tab
24−
25−As a reviewer of code, please strive to keep things civil and focused on
26−the technical issues involved. We are all humans, and frustrations can
27−be high on both sides of the process. Try to keep in mind the immortal
28−words of Bill and Ted, "Be excellent to each other."
Documentation/process/index.rst+1−1
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2222 howto
23− code-of-conflict
23+ code-of-conduct
2424 development-process
2525 submitting-patches
2626 coding-style

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