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Lepton Code of Conduct

Conduct

  • We are committed to providing a friendly, safe and welcoming environment for all, regardless of level of experience or other personal characteristics1.

  • Please be kind and courteous. There's no need to be mean or rude.

  • Respect that people have differences of opinion and that every design or implementation choice carries a trade-off and numerous costs. There is seldom a right answer.

  • Please keep unstructured critique to a minimum. If you have solid ideas you want to experiment with, make a fork and see how it works.

  • We will exclude you from interaction if you insult, demean or harass anyone. That is not welcome behaviour. We interpret the term "harassment" as included in the definition in the Citizen Code of Conduct; if you have any lack of clarity about what might be included in that concept, please read their definition. In particular, we don't tolerate behaviour that excludes people in socially marginalized groups.

  • Private harrassment is also unacceptable. No matter who you are, if you feel you have been or are being harassed or made uncomfortable by a community member, please contact on of the organisation owners (@vzh or @peter-b) immediately. Whether you're a regular contributor or a newcomer, we care about making this community a safe place for you and we've got your back.

  • Likewise any spamming, trolling, flaming, baiting or other attention-stealing behaviour is not welcome.

1 For example, personal characteristics might include sex & sexual orientation or gender, gender identity & expression, disability, personal appearance, body size, race, ethnicity, age, religion or nationality.

Moderation

These are the policies for upholding our community's standards of conduct.

  1. Remarks that violate the Lepton standards of conduct, including hateful, hurtful, oppressive or exclusionary remarks, are not allowed. (Cursing is allowed, but never targetting another person, and never in a hateful manner.)

  2. Remarks that moderators find inappropriate, whether listed in the code of conduct or not, are also not allowed.

  3. Moderators will first respond to such remarks with a warning.

  4. If the warning is unheeded, the user will be "kicked", i.e. kicked out of the communication channel to cool off.

  5. If the user comes back and continues to make trouble, they will be banned, i.e. excluded indefinitely.

  6. Moderators may choose at their discretion to un-ban the user if it was a first offense and they offer the offended party a genuine apology.

  7. If a moderator bans someone and you think it was unjustified, please take it up with that moderator, or with a different moderator, in private. Complains about bans in-channel are not allowed.

  8. Moderators are held to a higher standard than other community members. If a moderator creates an inappropriate situation, they should expect less leeway than others.

Principles

In the Lepton community, we strive to go the extra step to look out for each other. Don't just aim to be technically unimpeachable, try to be your best self. In particular, avoid flirting with offensive or sensitive issues, particularly if they're off-topic; this all too often leads to unnecessary fights, hurt feelings and damaged trust; worse, it can drive people away from the community entirely.

And if someone takes issue with something you said or did, resist the urge to be defensive. Just stop doing what it was they complained about and apologize. Even if you feel you were misinterpreted or unfairly accused, there was probably something you could have communicated better; remember that it's your responsibility to make your fellow Lepton users and contributors comfortable. Everyone wants to get along, and we are all here first and foremost because we want to design, use and talk about cool technology. You will find that people will be eager to assume good intent and forgive as long as you earn their trust.

The enforcement policies above apply to all official Lepton venues, including:

Adapted from the Node.js Policy on Trolling and the Contributor Code of Conduct 1.3.0 via the Rust Code of Conduct.