We as members, contributors, and leaders pledge to make participation in UbiCity a harassment-free experience for everyone, regardless of age, body size, visible or invisible disability, ethnicity, sex characteristics, gender identity and expression, level of experience, education, socio-economic status, nationality, personal appearance, race, caste, color, religion, or sexual identity and orientation.
We pledge to act and interact in ways that contribute to an open, welcoming, diverse, inclusive, and healthy community.
- 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
- Respecting the Minimal Viable Protocol philosophy
- Recognizing and valuing emotional safety in technical work
- Supporting reversibility in design decisions
- The use of sexualized language or imagery
- Trolling, insulting/derogatory comments, and personal or political attacks
- Public or private harassment
- Publishing others' private information without explicit permission
- Conduct which could reasonably be considered inappropriate in a professional setting
- Feature creep advocacy that undermines constraint mechanisms
- Platform thinking instead of tools thinking
- Surveillance capitalism patterns or suggestions
- Encouraged: Suggestions that increase user autonomy
- Discouraged: Features that create lock-in or control users
- Encouraged: Focus on capturing and analyzing real experiences
- Discouraged: Building infrastructure before validating need
- Encouraged: Local-first, offline-capable features
- Discouraged: Cloud sync, analytics, tracking
- Encouraged: Acknowledging uncertainty, offering multiple approaches
- Discouraged: Authoritarian certainty, one-size-fits-all solutions
Community leaders (see MAINTAINERS.md) are responsible for clarifying and enforcing our standards of acceptable behavior and will take appropriate and fair corrective action in response to any behavior that they deem inappropriate, threatening, offensive, or harmful.
Community leaders have the right and responsibility to remove, edit, or reject comments, commits, code, wiki edits, issues, and other contributions that are not aligned to this Code of Conduct, and will communicate reasons for moderation decisions when appropriate.
This Code of Conduct applies within all community spaces (GitHub repository, discussions, pull requests, issues, email) and also applies when an individual is officially representing the community in public spaces.
Instances of abusive, harassing, or otherwise unacceptable behavior may be reported to the community leaders responsible for enforcement at:
Email: conduct@ubicity.example.org
Response Time: Within 48 hours
Privacy: All complaints will be reviewed and investigated promptly and fairly.
Community leaders will follow these guidelines:
Community Impact: Use of inappropriate language or other unprofessional behavior.
Consequence: A private, written warning, providing clarity around the nature of the violation and an explanation of why the behavior was inappropriate. A public apology may be requested.
Community Impact: A violation through a single incident or series of actions.
Consequence: A warning with consequences for continued behavior. No interaction with the people involved for a specified period. This includes avoiding interactions in community spaces as well as external channels. Violating these terms may lead to a temporary or permanent ban.
Community Impact: A serious violation, including sustained inappropriate behavior.
Consequence: A temporary ban from any sort of interaction or public communication with the community for a specified period. No public or private interaction with the people involved is allowed during this period. Violating these terms may lead to a permanent ban.
Community Impact: Demonstrating a pattern of violation, including sustained inappropriate behavior, harassment, or aggression toward individuals or classes of individuals.
Consequence: A permanent ban from any sort of public interaction within the community.
If you believe you have been falsely or unfairly accused of violating this Code of Conduct, you may appeal to:
Email: appeals@ubicity.example.org
Include:
- Description of the incident
- Why you believe the enforcement was unfair
- Any supporting evidence
Appeals will be reviewed by maintainers not involved in the original incident.
This Code of Conduct is adapted from:
- Contributor Covenant v2.1
- CCCP (Community Code of Conduct Pledge) - Emotional safety principles
- UbiCity philosophical constraints
Email: conduct@ubicity.example.org
For answers to common questions about this code of conduct, see: https://www.contributor-covenant.org/faq
Last updated: 2025-11-22