Code of Conduct

This code of conduct outlines expectations for participation in the open source development of Vaibify, as well as steps for reporting unacceptable behavior. We are committed to providing a welcoming and inspiring community for all.

Our Standards

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, apologizing 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

The Vaibify community strives to:

Be friendly and patient: Remember you might not be communicating in someone else’s primary spoken or programming language, and others may not have your level of understanding.

Be welcoming: We welcome and support people of all backgrounds and identities. This includes, but is not limited to members of any race, ethnicity, culture, national origin, color, immigration status, social and economic class, educational level, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, size, family status, political belief, religion, and mental and physical ability.

Be respectful: Science is a world-wide community of professionals, and we conduct ourselves professionally. Disagreement is no excuse for poor behavior and poor manners. Disrespectful and unacceptable behavior includes, but is not limited to:

  • Violent threats or language.

  • Discriminatory or derogatory jokes and language.

  • Posting sexually explicit or violent material.

  • Posting, or threatening to post, people’s personally identifying information (“doxing”).

  • Insults, especially those using discriminatory terms or slurs.

  • Behavior that could be perceived as unwanted sexual attention.

  • Advocating for or encouraging any of the above behaviors.

Understand disagreements: Disagreements, both social and technical, are useful learning opportunities. Seek to understand the other viewpoints and resolve differences constructively.

This code of conduct is not exhaustive or complete. It serves to capture our common understanding of a productive, collaborative environment. We expect the code to be followed in spirit as much as in the letter.

Scope

This Code of Conduct applies to all contributors and participants within all community spaces.

Reporting Issues

We encourage all community members to resolve issues on their own whenever possible. If an issue cannot be resolved locally, please report your concerns by contacting Rory Barnes (rory@astro.washington.edu).

All complaints 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.

Attribution

This Code of Conduct is adapted from the Contributor Covenant v2.0.