Solid Community Code of Conduct

Our Pledge

We as members of the Solid community pledge to make participation in our community a harassment-free experience for everyone, regardless of age, body size, visible or invisible disability, ethnicity, sex characteristics, gender, gender identity and expression, level of experience, education, socio-economic status, nationality, personal appearance, race, caste, color, religion, or sexual identity and orientation.

We pledge to act and interact in ways that contribute to an open, welcoming, diverse, inclusive, and healthy community.

In addition to this Code of Conduct, we adhere to the Positive Work Environment at W3C: Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct.

About this Code of Conduct

This Code of Conduct is maintained by the Code of Conduct Committee.

Changes to this document need to be approved by the Code of Conduct Committee and the Solid Director.

If you have any questions about this document, please direct them to the Code of Conduct Committee.

If you experience a situation that is not covered by this Code of Conduct, please get in touch with the Code of Conduct Committee.

If you would like to propose changes or improvements to this document, please create an issue and explain the changes you would like to see for consideration of the Code of Conduct Committee.

Standards of Behavior

Examples of behavior that contributes to a positive environment for our community include:

Demonstrating empathy and kindness toward other people
Being respectful of differing opinions, viewpoints, and experiences
Giving and gracefully accepting constructive feedback
Accepting responsibility and acknowledging harm caused to those affected by our mistakes, and learning from the experience
Focusing on what is best not just for us as individuals, but for the overall community
Asking for confirmation instead of assuming
Taking constructive actions, and move towards consensus when possible

Examples of unacceptable behavior include:

The use of sexualized language or imagery, and sexual attention or advances of any kind
Trolling, insulting, derogatory or demeaning comments, and personal or political attacks
Communicating in a tone and language that could lead to creating a hostile and unwelcoming environment
Public or private harassment or threats. Harassment includes: offensive comments related to age, body size, visible or invisible disability, ethnicity, sex characteristics, gender, gender identity and expression, level of experience, education, socio-economic status, nationality, personal appearance, race, caste, color, religion, or sexual identity and orientation of an individual or group, unwelcome comments relating to any aspect of a person's lifestyle choices and personal life, deliberate misgendering and use of "dead" or rejected names, stalking and intimidation
Publishing others' private information, such as a physical or email address or any aspect of a person's identity, without their explicit permission
Other conduct which could reasonably be considered inappropriate in a professional setting

Enforcement Responsibilities

Instances of Code of Conduct violations will be handled by the Code of Conduct Committee.

The Code of Conduct Committee are responsible for clarifying and enforcing our standards of acceptable behavior and will take appropriate and fair corrective action in response to any behavior that they deem inappropriate, threatening, offensive, or harmful.

The Code of Conduct Committee have the right and responsibility to remove, edit, or reject comments, commits, code, wiki edits, issues, and other contributions that are not aligned to this Code of Conduct, and will communicate reasons for moderation decisions when appropriate.

Scope

This Code of Conduct applies within all community spaces, including but not limited to the Gitter chat rooms, Solid forum, and GitHub repositories, and also applies when an individual is officially representing the community in public spaces. Examples of representing our community include using an official e-mail address, posting via an official social media account, or acting as an appointed representative at an online or offline event.

Enforcement

Instances of abusive, harassing, or otherwise unacceptable behavior may be reported to the Code of Conduct Committee by contacting any of its members:

Osmar Olivo <oz@inrupt.com>
Virginia Balseiro <info@virginiabalseiro.com>
Alain Bourgeois <alain.bourgeois10@gmail.com>
Sarven Capadisli <info+solid+coc@csarven.ca>
April Daly <adaly@labobjects.com>

Committee members will recuse themselves if they are the alleged harasser or the victim of a private harassment incident.

All reports of violations will be reviewed and investigated promptly and fairly.

All community members are obligated to respect the privacy and security of the reporter of any incident. Reports will be handled under confidentiality.

Individuals who wish to join the committee can initiate the process by reaching out to any existing member. Upon initial approval, they can submit a pull request to be included in the committee's member list.

To leave the committee, individuals can submit a pull request to be removed from the committee's member list.

Enforcement Guidelines

The Code of Conduct Committee will follow these Community Impact Guidelines in determining the consequences for any action they deem in violation of this Code of Conduct:

Continued behavior

A pattern of continued violations of community standards will be determined using a "three-strikes system".
Three strikes will constitute a pattern of behavior, and it may lead to a temporary ban. Continued violations beyond three strikes may lead to a permanent ban. However, severe offenses may lead to a temporary or permanent ban regardless of the number of strikes. This applies to all violations of the Code of Conduct as described below.

1. Correction

Community Impact: Use of inappropriate language or other behavior deemed unprofessional or unwelcome in the community.

Consequence: A private, written warning from the Code of Conduct Committee, providing clarity around the nature of the violation and an explanation of why the behavior was inappropriate.

2. Warning

Community Impact: A violation through a single incident or series of actions.

Consequence: A warning with consequences for continued behavior. No unsolicited interaction with the people involved in the incident(s), including unsolicited interaction with those enforcing the Code of Conduct, for a specified period of time. This includes avoiding interactions in community spaces as well as external channels like social media. Violating these terms may lead to a temporary or permanent ban.

3. Temporary Ban

Community Impact: A serious violation of community standards, including sustained inappropriate behavior.

Consequence: A temporary ban from any sort of interaction or public communication with the community for a specified period of time. No public or private interaction with the people involved, including unsolicited interaction with those enforcing the Code of Conduct, is allowed during this period. Violating these terms will lead to a permanent ban.

4. Permanent Ban

Community Impact: Demonstrating a pattern of violation of community standards, including sustained inappropriate behavior, harassment of an individual, or aggression toward or disparagement of classes of individuals.

Consequence: A permanent ban from any sort of public interaction within the community.

Attribution

This Code of Conduct is adapted from the Contributor Covenant, version 2.1, available at https://www.contributor-covenant.org/version/2/1/code_of_conduct.html.

Community Impact Guidelines were inspired by Mozilla's code of conduct enforcement ladder.

For guidelines on how to give constructive and positive feedback, please see How to give better feedback.

For answers to common questions about this code of conduct, see the FAQ at https://www.contributor-covenant.org/faq. Translations are available at https://www.contributor-covenant.org/translations.

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