dizquetv/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md

Contributor Covenant Code of Conduct

Our Pledge

We pledge to make our community welcoming, safe, and equitable for all.

We are committed to fostering an environment that respects and promotes the dignity, rights, and contributions of all individuals, regardless of characteristics including race, ethnicity, caste, color, age, physical characteristics, neurodiversity, disability, sex or gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, language, philosophy or religion, national or social origin, socio-economic position, level of education, or other status. The same privileges of participation are extended to everyone who participates in good faith and in accordance with this Covenant.

Encouraged Behaviors

While acknowledging differences in social norms, we all strive to meet our community's expectations for positive behavior. We also understand that our words and actions may be interpreted differently than we intend based on culture, background, or native language.

With these considerations in mind, we agree to behave mindfully toward each other and act in ways that center our shared values, including:

1. Respecting the purpose of our community, our activities, and our ways of gathering.
2. Engaging kindly and honestly with others.
3. Respecting different viewpoints and experiences.
4. Taking responsibility for our actions and contributions.
5. Gracefully giving and accepting constructive feedback.
6. Committing to repairing harm when it occurs.
7. Behaving in other ways that promote and sustain the well-being of our community.

Restricted Behaviors

We agree to restrict the following behaviors in our community. Instances, threats, and promotion of these behaviors are violations of this Code of Conduct.

1. Harassment. Violating explicitly expressed boundaries or engaging in unnecessary personal attention after any clear request to stop.
2. Character attacks. Making insulting, demeaning, or pejorative comments directed at a community member or group of people.
3. Stereotyping or discrimination. Characterizing anyone’s personality or behavior on the basis of immutable identities or traits.
4. Sexualization. Behaving in a way that would generally be considered inappropriately intimate in the context or purpose of the community.
5. Violating confidentiality. Sharing or acting on someone's personal or private information without their permission.
6. Endangerment. Causing, encouraging, or threatening violence or other harm toward any person or group.
7. Behaving in other ways that threaten the well-being of our community.

Other Restrictions

1. Misleading identity. Impersonating someone else for any reason, or pretending to be someone else to evade enforcement actions.
2. Failing to credit sources. Not properly crediting the sources of content you contribute.
3. Promotional materials. Sharing marketing or other commercial content in a way that is outside the norms of the community.
4. Irresponsible communication. Failing to responsibly present content which includes, links or describes any other restricted behaviors.

'AI' policy

There are ways in which a LLM-based tool can be helpful such as when searching the web or for learning. More so, tools like github and google themselves are being modified to railroad users into using LLM-based tools. It'd be really impractical and neigh-impossible to ban 'AI' altogether from being used during the development of a contribution and that's not really the purpose of this policy.

HOWEVER, from a legal standpoint, it is too difficult to know the origin of LLM-generated code so there are risks of it infringing on copyright. And from a pragmatic stand point, we want to be able to trust the quality of the code. That is to say, we do not want contributions where the bulk of the code was AI-generated or or where the contributors themselves do not understand the code being pushed. This is also in relation to items 4 and 5 of the encouraged behaviors. We want contributors that can vouch for the code they contribute and can receive and act on constructive feedback to it.

Note that this is only a policy affecting Pull Requests to this project. This project is released under a permissive FOSS licence, so there's nothing really that can stop forks from having a different policy on this and any individual is allowed to create such a fork should they want to.

Reporting an Issue

Tensions can occur between community members even when they are trying their best to collaborate. Not every conflict represents a code of conduct violation, and this Code of Conduct reinforces encouraged behaviors and norms that can help avoid conflicts and minimize harm.

When an incident does occur, it is important to report it promptly. To report a possible violation, may be reported by contacting the project team at vexorian@gmail.com

Attribution

This Code of Conduct is adapted from the Contributor Covenant, version 3.0, available at https://www.contributor-covenant.org/version/1/4/code-of-conduct.html . The AI policy is a modification.

For answers to common questions about this code of conduct, see https://www.contributor-covenant.org/faq