Our Expectations

• Be friendly and patient: Remember, you might not be communicating in someone else's primary spoken or programming language(s), and others may not have your level of understanding.
• Be welcoming: Our community welcomes and supports people of all types and backgrounds. This includes, but is not limited to members of any race, ethnicity, culture, national origin, color, immigration status, social and economic class, educational level, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, size, family status, political belief, religion, and mental and physical ability.
• Be respectful: We are a worldwide community of professionals and we conduct ourselves as such. Disagreement is no excuse for poor behavior or manners. Disrespectful and unacceptable behavior includes, but is not limited to:
  • Violent threats or language.
  • Discriminatory or derogatory jokes and language.
  • Posting gratuitous, sexually explicit, or violent material.
  • Posting, or threatening to post, someone's personally identifying information ("doxing").
  • Insults, especially those using discriminatory terms or slurs.
  • Behavior that could be perceived as unwanted sexual attention.
  • Advocating for or encouraging any of the above behaviors.
• Understand disagreements: Disagreements, both social and technical, are useful learning opportunities. Seek to understand the other viewpoints and resolve differences constructively.

This policy is not exhaustive or complete. It serves to capture our common understanding of a productive, collaborative environment.

We expect the policy to be followed in spirit as much as in the letter.