From 7365225957046cf6364b30c56f3585d9c29098e5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: James Turnbull Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2014 20:44:35 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Added proposed Docker Community Guidelines Docker-DCO-1.1-Signed-off-by: James Turnbull (github: jamtur01) --- CONTRIBUTING.md | 61 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 61 insertions(+) diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md index 2dc73c100d..d4ebcfacb1 100644 --- a/CONTRIBUTING.md +++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md @@ -208,3 +208,64 @@ Don't forget: being a maintainer is a time investment. Make sure you will have time to make yourself available. You don't have to be a maintainer to make a difference on the project! +## Docker Community Guidelines + +We want to keep the Docker community awesome, growing and collaborative. We +need your help to keep it that way. To help with this we've come up with some +general guidelines for the community as a whole: + +* Be nice: Be courteous, respectful and polite to fellow community members: no + regional, racial, gender, or other abuse will be tolerated. We like nice people + way better than mean ones! + +* Encourage diversity and participation: Make everyone in our community + feel welcome, regardless of their background and the extent of their + contributions, and do everything possible to encourage participation in + our community. + +* Keep it legal: Basically, don't get us in trouble. Share only content that + you own, do not share private or sensitive information, and don't break the + law. + +* Stay on topic: Make sure that you are posting to the correct channel + and avoid off-topic discussions. Remember when you update an issue or + respond to an email you are potentially sending to a large number of + people. Please consider this before you update. Also remember that + nobody likes spam. + +### Guideline Violations — 3 Strikes Method + +The point of this section is not to find opportunities to punish people, but we +do need a fair way to deal with people who are making our community suck. + +1. First occurrence: We'll give you a friendly, but public reminder that the + behavior is inappropriate according to our guidelines. + +2. Second occurrence: We will send you a private message with a warning that + any additional violations will result in removal from the community. + +3. Third occurrence: Depending on the violation, we may need to delete or ban + your account. + +**Notes:** + +* Obvious spammers are banned on first occurrence. If we don't do this, we'll + have spam all over the place. + +* Violations are forgiven after 6 months of good behavior, and we won't + hold a grudge. + +* People who commit minor infractions will get some education, + rather than hammering them in the 3 strikes process. + +* The rules apply equally to everyone in the community, no matter how + much you've contributed. + +* Extreme violations of a threatening, abusive, destructive or illegal nature + will be addressed immediately and are not subject to 3 strikes or + forgiveness. + +* Contact james@docker.com to report abuse or appeal violations. In the case of + appeals, we know that mistakes happen, and we'll work with you to come up with + a fair solution if there has been a misunderstanding. +