1# Lepton Code of Conduct 2 3## Conduct 4 5* We are committed to providing a friendly, safe and welcoming 6 environment for all, regardless of level of experience or other 7 personal characteristics[<sup>1</sup>](#footnote1). 8 9* Please be kind and courteous. There's no need to be mean or rude. 10 11* Respect that people have differences of opinion and that every 12 design or implementation choice carries a trade-off and numerous 13 costs. There is seldom a right answer. 14 15* Please keep unstructured critique to a minimum. If you have solid 16 ideas you want to experiment with, make a fork and see how it works. 17 18* We will exclude you from interaction if you insult, demean or harass 19 anyone. That is not welcome behaviour. We interpret the term 20 "harassment" as included in the definition in the [Citizen Code of 21 Conduct](http://citizencodeofconduct.org/); if you have any lack of 22 clarity about what might be included in that concept, please read 23 their definition. In particular, we don't tolerate behaviour that 24 excludes people in socially marginalized groups. 25 26* Private harrassment is also unacceptable. No matter who you are, if 27 you feel you have been or are being harassed or made uncomfortable 28 by a community member, please contact on of the organisation owners 29 (@vzh or @peter-b) immediately. Whether you're a regular 30 contributor or a newcomer, we care about making this community a 31 safe place for you and we've got your back. 32 33* Likewise any spamming, trolling, flaming, baiting or other 34 attention-stealing behaviour is not welcome. 35 36<a anchor="footnote1"><sup>1</sup></a> For example, personal 37characteristics might include sex & sexual orientation or gender, 38gender identity & expression, disability, personal appearance, body 39size, race, ethnicity, age, religion or nationality. 40 41## Moderation 42 43These are the policies for upholding our community's standards of 44conduct. 45 461. Remarks that violate the Lepton standards of conduct, including 47hateful, hurtful, oppressive or exclusionary remarks, are not allowed. 48(Cursing is allowed, but never targetting another person, and never in 49a hateful manner.) 50 512. Remarks that moderators find inappropriate, whether listed in the 52code of conduct or not, are also not allowed. 53 543. Moderators will first respond to such remarks with a warning. 55 564. If the warning is unheeded, the user will be "kicked", i.e. kicked 57out of the communication channel to cool off. 58 595. If the user comes back and continues to make trouble, they will be 60banned, i.e. excluded indefinitely. 61 626. Moderators may choose at their discretion to un-ban the user if it 63was a first offense and they offer the offended party a genuine 64apology. 65 667. If a moderator bans someone and you think it was unjustified, 67please take it up with that moderator, or with a different moderator, 68**in private**. Complains about bans in-channel are not allowed. 69 708. Moderators are held to a higher standard than other community 71members. If a moderator creates an inappropriate situation, they 72should expect less leeway than others. 73 74## Principles 75 76In the Lepton community, we strive to go the extra step to look out 77for each other. Don't just aim to be technically unimpeachable, try 78to be your best self. In particular, avoid flirting with offensive or 79sensitive issues, particularly if they're off-topic; this all too 80often leads to unnecessary fights, hurt feelings and damaged trust; 81worse, it can drive people away from the community entirely. 82 83And if someone takes issue with something you said or did, resist the 84urge to be defensive. Just stop doing what it was they complained 85about and apologize. Even if you feel you were misinterpreted or 86unfairly accused, there was probably something you could have 87communicated better; remember that it's your responsibility to make 88your fellow Lepton users and contributors comfortable. Everyone wants 89to get along, and we are all here first and foremost because we want 90to design, use and talk about cool technology. You will find that 91people will be eager to assume good intent and forgive as long as you 92earn their trust. 93 94The enforcement policies above apply to all official Lepton venues, 95including: 96 97* the [Lepton-EDA](https://gitter.im/Lepton-EDA) Gitter community 98* the [lepton-eda](https://github.com/lepton-eda) GitHub organisation 99 100*Adapted from the 101[Node.js Policy on Trolling](http://blog.izs.me/post/30036893703/policy-on-trolling) 102and the 103[Contributor Code of Conduct 1.3.0](http://contributor-covenant.org/version/1/3/0/) 104via the 105[Rust Code of Conduct](https://www.rust-lang.org/en-US/conduct.html).*