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 | 7 | +# Adafruit Community Code of Conduct  | 
 | 8 | + | 
 | 9 | +## Our Pledge  | 
 | 10 | + | 
 | 11 | +In the interest of fostering an open and welcoming environment, we as  | 
 | 12 | +contributors and leaders pledge to making participation in our project and  | 
 | 13 | +our community a harassment-free experience for everyone, regardless of age, body  | 
 | 14 | +size, disability, ethnicity, gender identity and expression, level or type of  | 
 | 15 | +experience, education, socio-economic status, nationality, personal appearance,  | 
 | 16 | +race, religion, or sexual identity and orientation.  | 
 | 17 | + | 
 | 18 | +## Our Standards  | 
 | 19 | + | 
 | 20 | +We are committed to providing a friendly, safe and welcoming environment for  | 
 | 21 | +all.  | 
 | 22 | + | 
 | 23 | +Examples of behavior that contributes to creating and maintaining a positive environment  | 
 | 24 | +include:  | 
 | 25 | + | 
 | 26 | +* Be kind and courteous to others  | 
 | 27 | +* Using welcoming and inclusive language  | 
 | 28 | +* Respecting the identity of every community member, including asking for their  | 
 | 29 | +  pronouns if uncertain  | 
 | 30 | +* Being respectful of differing viewpoints and experiences  | 
 | 31 | +* Collaborating with other community members  | 
 | 32 | +* Providing desired assistance and knowledge to other community members  | 
 | 33 | +* Being open to new information and ideas  | 
 | 34 | +* Gracefully accepting constructive criticism  | 
 | 35 | +* Focusing on what is best for the community  | 
 | 36 | +* Showing empathy towards other community members  | 
 | 37 | + | 
 | 38 | +Examples of unacceptable behavior by community members include:  | 
 | 39 | + | 
 | 40 | +* The use of sexualized language or imagery and sexual attention or advances  | 
 | 41 | +* The use of inappropriate images, including in a community member's avatar  | 
 | 42 | +* The use of inappropriate language or profanity, including in a community member's nickname  | 
 | 43 | +* Any spamming, flaming, baiting or other attention-stealing behavior  | 
 | 44 | +* Excessive or unwelcome helping; answering outside the scope of the question  | 
 | 45 | +  asked  | 
 | 46 | +* Discussion or promotion of activities or projects that intend or pose a risk of  | 
 | 47 | +  significant harm  | 
 | 48 | +* Trolling, insulting/derogatory comments, and attacks of any nature (including,  | 
 | 49 | +  but not limited to, personal or political attacks)  | 
 | 50 | +* Promoting or spreading disinformation, lies, or conspiracy theories against  | 
 | 51 | +  a person, group, organisation, project, or community  | 
 | 52 | +* Public or private harassment  | 
 | 53 | +* Publishing others' private information, such as a physical or electronic  | 
 | 54 | +  address, without explicit permission  | 
 | 55 | +* Engaging in behavior that creates an unwelcoming or uninclusive environment  | 
 | 56 | +* Other conduct which could reasonably be considered inappropriate  | 
 | 57 | + | 
 | 58 | +The Adafruit Community welcomes everyone and strives to create a safe space for all. It is built  | 
 | 59 | +around sharing and contributing to technology. We encourage discussing your thoughts, experiences,  | 
 | 60 | +and feelings within the scope of the community. However, there are topics that can sometimes stray  | 
 | 61 | +from that scope, and can lead to hurting others and create an unwelcoming, uninclusive environment.  | 
 | 62 | + | 
 | 63 | +Examples of discussion topics that have been known to stray outside the scope of the Adafruit  | 
 | 64 | +Community include, but are not limited to:  | 
 | 65 | + | 
 | 66 | +* Discussions regarding religion and related topics  | 
 | 67 | +* Discussions regarding politics and related topics  | 
 | 68 | + | 
 | 69 | +The goal of the standards and moderation guidelines outlined here is to build  | 
 | 70 | +and maintain a respectful community. We ask that you don’t just aim to be  | 
 | 71 | +"technically unimpeachable", but rather try to be your best self.  | 
 | 72 | + | 
 | 73 | +We value many things beyond technical expertise, including collaboration and  | 
 | 74 | +supporting others within our community. Providing a positive experience for  | 
 | 75 | +other community members can have a much more significant impact than simply  | 
 | 76 | +providing the correct answer.  | 
 | 77 | + | 
 | 78 | +## Our Responsibilities  | 
 | 79 | + | 
 | 80 | +Project leaders are responsible for clarifying the standards of acceptable  | 
 | 81 | +behavior and are expected to take appropriate and fair corrective action in  | 
 | 82 | +response to any instances of unacceptable behavior.  | 
 | 83 | + | 
 | 84 | +Project leaders have the right and responsibility to remove, edit, or  | 
 | 85 | +reject messages, comments, commits, code, issues, and other contributions  | 
 | 86 | +that are not aligned to this Code of Conduct, or to ban temporarily or  | 
 | 87 | +permanently any community member for other behaviors that they deem  | 
 | 88 | +inappropriate, threatening, offensive, or harmful.  | 
 | 89 | + | 
 | 90 | +## Moderation  | 
 | 91 | + | 
 | 92 | +Instances of behaviors that violate the Adafruit Community Code of Conduct  | 
 | 93 | +may be reported by any member of the community. Community members are  | 
 | 94 | +encouraged to report these situations, including situations they witness  | 
 | 95 | +involving other community members.  | 
 | 96 | + | 
 | 97 | +You may report in the following ways:  | 
 | 98 | + | 
 | 99 | +In any situation, you may email  <[email protected]>.  | 
 | 100 | + | 
 | 101 | +On the Adafruit Discord, you may send an open message from any channel  | 
 | 102 | +to all Community Moderators by tagging @community moderators. You may  | 
 | 103 | +also send an open message from the #help-with-community channel, or a  | 
 | 104 | +direct message to any Community Moderator.  | 
 | 105 | + | 
 | 106 | +The source of email and direct message reports will be kept confidential.  | 
 | 107 | + | 
 | 108 | +In situations on Discord where the issue is particularly offensive, possibly  | 
 | 109 | +illegal, requires immediate action, or violates the Discord terms of service,  | 
 | 110 | +you should also report the message directly to [Discord](https://discord.com/safety).  | 
 | 111 | + | 
 | 112 | +These are the steps for upholding our community’s standards of conduct.  | 
 | 113 | + | 
 | 114 | +1. Any member of the community may report any situation that violates the  | 
 | 115 | +   Adafruit Community Code of Conduct. All reports will be reviewed and  | 
 | 116 | +   investigated.  | 
 | 117 | +2. If the behavior is a severe violation, the community member who  | 
 | 118 | +   committed the violation may be banned immediately, without warning.  | 
 | 119 | +3. Otherwise, moderators will first respond to such behavior with a warning.  | 
 | 120 | +4. Moderators follow a soft "three strikes" policy - the community member may  | 
 | 121 | +   be given another chance, if they are receptive to the warning and change their  | 
 | 122 | +   behavior.  | 
 | 123 | +5. If the community member is unreceptive or unreasonable when warned by a  | 
 | 124 | +   moderator, or the warning goes unheeded, they may be banned for a first or  | 
 | 125 | +   second offense. Repeated offenses will result in the community member being  | 
 | 126 | +   banned.  | 
 | 127 | +6. Disciplinary actions (warnings, bans, etc) for Code of Conduct violations apply  | 
 | 128 | +   to the platform where the violation occurred. However, depending on the severity  | 
 | 129 | +   of the violation, the disciplinary action may be applied across Adafruit's other  | 
 | 130 | +   community platforms. For example, a severe violation on the Adafruit Discord  | 
 | 131 | +   server may result in a ban on not only the Adafruit Discord server, but also on  | 
 | 132 | +   the Adafruit GitHub organisation, Adafruit Forums, Adafruit Twitter, etc.  | 
 | 133 | + | 
 | 134 | +## Scope  | 
 | 135 | + | 
 | 136 | +This Code of Conduct and the enforcement policies listed above apply to all  | 
 | 137 | +Adafruit Community venues. This includes but is not limited to any community  | 
 | 138 | +spaces (both public and private), the entire Adafruit Discord server, and  | 
 | 139 | +Adafruit GitHub repositories. Examples of Adafruit Community spaces include  | 
 | 140 | +but are not limited to meet-ups, audio chats on the Adafruit Discord, or  | 
 | 141 | +interaction at a conference.  | 
 | 142 | + | 
 | 143 | +This Code of Conduct applies both within project spaces and in public spaces  | 
 | 144 | +when an individual is representing the project or its community. As a community  | 
 | 145 | +member, you are representing our community, and are expected to behave  | 
 | 146 | +accordingly.  | 
 | 147 | + | 
 | 148 | +## Attribution  | 
 | 149 | + | 
 | 150 | +This Code of Conduct is adapted from the [Contributor Covenant](https://www.contributor-covenant.org/),  | 
 | 151 | +version 1.4, available on [contributor-covenant.org](https://www.contributor-covenant.org/version/1/4/code-of-conduct.html),  | 
 | 152 | +and the [Rust Code of Conduct](https://www.rust-lang.org/en-US/conduct.html).  | 
 | 153 | + | 
 | 154 | +For other projects adopting the Adafruit Community Code of  | 
 | 155 | +Conduct, please contact the maintainers of those projects for enforcement.  | 
 | 156 | +If you wish to use this code of conduct for your own project, consider  | 
 | 157 | +explicitly mentioning your moderation policy or making a copy with your  | 
 | 158 | +own moderation policy so as to avoid confusion.  | 
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