Our Pledge¶

In the interest of fostering an open and welcoming environment, we ascontributors and maintainers pledge to making participation in our project andour community a harassment-free experience for everyone, regardless of age, bodysize, disability, ethnicity, sex characteristics, gender identity andexpression, level of experience, education, socio-economic status, nationality,personal appearance, race, religion, or sexual identity and orientation.

Our Standards¶

Examples of behavior that contributes to creating a positive environmentinclude:

• Using welcoming and inclusive language

• Being respectful of differing viewpoints and experiences

• Gracefully accepting constructive criticism

• Focusing on what is best for the community

• Showing empathy towards other community members

Examples of unacceptable behavior by participants include:

• The use of sexualized language or imagery and unwelcome sexual attention oradvances

• Trolling, insulting/derogatory comments, and personal or political attacks

• Public or private harassment

• Publishing others’ private information, such as a physical or electronicaddress, without explicit permission

• Other conduct which could reasonably be considered inappropriate in aprofessional setting

Our Responsibilities¶

Maintainers are responsible for clarifying the standards of acceptable behaviorand are expected to take appropriate and fair corrective action in response toany instances of unacceptable behavior.

Maintainers have the right and responsibility to remove, edit, or rejectcomments, commits, code, wiki edits, issues, and other contributions that arenot aligned to this Code of Conduct, or to ban temporarily or permanently anycontributor for other behaviors that they deem inappropriate, threatening,offensive, or harmful.

Scope¶

This Code of Conduct applies both within project spaces and in public spaceswhen an individual is representing the project or its community. Examples ofrepresenting a project or community include using an official project e-mailaddress, posting via an official social media account, or acting as an appointedrepresentative at an online or offline event. Representation of a project may befurther defined and clarified by project maintainers.

Enforcement¶

Instances of abusive, harassing, or otherwise unacceptable behavior may bereported by contacting the Code of Conduct Committee at<conduct@kernel.org>. All complaints will be reviewed and investigatedand will result in a response that is deemed necessary and appropriateto the circumstances. The Code of Conduct Committee is obligated tomaintain confidentiality with regard to the reporter of an incident.Further details of specific enforcement policies may be postedseparately.

Attribution¶

This Code of Conduct is adapted from the Contributor Covenant, version 1.4,available athttps://www.contributor-covenant.org/version/1/4/code-of-conduct.html

Interpretation¶

See theLinux Kernel Contributor Covenant Code of Conduct Interpretation document for how the Linuxkernel community will be interpreting this document.