Community Guide

A guide to getting involved with SQLAlchemy and its associated projects.

While these sections may be written to address developers of the core SQLAlchemy project, the various guidelines, especially the Code of Conduct, apply to all projects hosted under the SQLAlchemy organization's repository.

Note: SQLAlchemy is currently using the Contributor Covenant,a freely usable document used by many open source projects, as the sourceof its Code of Conduct. As SQLAlchemyis a small, independent project, we don't yet have a custom-tailored document!Above all, SQLAlchemy places great emphasis on polite, thoughtful, andconstructive communication between users and developers, and we are inenthusiastic agreement with all tenets of the Covenant document.

Contributor Covenant Code of Conduct

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 and expression,level of experience, education, socio-economic status, nationality, personalappearance, race, religion, or sexual identity and orientation.

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 or advances
• Trolling, insulting/derogatory comments, and personal or political attacks
• Public or private harassment
• Publishing others' private information, such as a physical or electronic address, without explicit permission
• Other conduct which could reasonably be considered inappropriate in a professional setting

Project maintainers are responsible for clarifying the standards of acceptablebehavior and are expected to take appropriate and fair corrective action inresponse to any instances of unacceptable behavior.

Project maintainers have the right and responsibility to remove, edit, orreject comments, commits, code, wiki edits, issues, and other contributionsthat are not aligned to this Code of Conduct, or to ban temporarily orpermanently any contributor for other behaviors that they deem inappropriate,threatening, offensive, or harmful.

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.

Instances of abusive, harassing, or otherwise unacceptable behavior may bereported by contacting the project team atconfidential@sqlalchemy.org. Allcomplaints will be reviewed and investigated and will result in a response thatis deemed necessary and appropriate to the circumstances. The project team isobligated to maintain confidentiality with regard to the reporter of an incident.Further details of specific enforcement policies may be posted separately.

Project maintainers who do not follow or enforce the Code of Conduct in goodfaith may face temporary or permanent repercussions as determined by othermembers of the project's leadership.

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