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- 2009-07-28: digitally signed by Jeremy Pallats (starcraft.man) (1024D/CCB0AED7)
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- = Ubuntu Code of Conduct =
- This Code of Conduct covers your behaviour as a member of the Ubuntu
- Community, in any forum, mailing list, wiki, web site, IRC channel,
- install-fest, public meeting or private correspondence. The Ubuntu
- Community Council will arbitrate in any dispute over the conduct of a
- member of the community.
- '''Be considerate.''' Your work will be used by other people,
- and you in turn will depend on the work of others. Any decision
- you take will affect users and colleagues, and we expect you to
- take those consequences into account when making decisions. For
- example, when we are in a feature freeze, please don't upload
- dramatically new versions of critical system software, as other
- people will be testing the frozen system and will not be
- expecting big changes.
- '''Be respectful.''' The Ubuntu community and its members treat
- one another with respect. Everyone can make a valuable
- contribution to Ubuntu. We may not always agree, but
- disagreement is no excuse for poor behaviour and poor
- manners. We might all experience some frustration now and then,
- but we cannot allow that frustration to turn into a personal
- attack. It's important to remember that a community where people
- feel uncomfortable or threatened is not a productive one. We
- expect members of the Ubuntu community to be respectful when
- dealing with other contributors as well as with people outside
- the Ubuntu project and with users of Ubuntu.
- '''Be collaborative.''' Ubuntu and Free Software are about
- collaboration and working together. Collaboration reduces
- redundancy of work done in the Free Software world, and improves
- the quality of the software produced. You should aim to
- collaborate with other Ubuntu maintainers, as well as with the
- upstream community that is interested in the work you do. Your
- work should be done transparently and patches from Ubuntu should
- be given back to the community when they are made, not just when
- the distribution releases. If you wish to work on new code for
- existing upstream projects, at least keep those projects
- informed of your ideas and progress. It may not be possible to
- get consensus from upstream or even from your colleagues about
- the correct implementation of an idea, so don't feel obliged to
- have that agreement before you begin, but at least keep the
- outside world informed of your work, and publish your work in a
- way that allows outsiders to test, discuss and contribute to
- your efforts.
- '''When you disagree,''' consult others. Disagreements, both
- political and technical, happen all the time and the Ubuntu
- community is no exception. The important goal is not to avoid
- disagreements or differing views but to resolve them
- constructively. You should turn to the community and to the
- community process to seek advice and to resolve
- disagreements. We have the Technical Board and the Community
- Council, both of which will help to decide the right course for
- Ubuntu. There are also several Project Teams and Team Leaders,
- who may be able to help you figure out which direction will be
- most acceptable. If you really want to go a different way, then
- we encourage you to make a derivative distribution or
- alternative set of packages available using the Ubuntu Package
- Management framework, so that the community can try out your
- changes and ideas for itself and contribute to the discussion.
- '''When you are unsure,''' ask for help. Nobody knows
- everything, and nobody is expected to be perfect in the Ubuntu
- community (except of course the SABDFL). Asking questions avoids
- many problems down the road, and so questions are
- encouraged. Those who are asked should be responsive and
- helpful. However, when asking a question, care must be taken to
- do so in an appropriate forum. Off-topic questions, such as
- requests for help on a development mailing list, detract from
- productive discussion.
- '''Step down considerately.''' Developers on every project come
- and go and Ubuntu is no different. When you leave or disengage
- from the project, in whole or in part, we ask that you do so in
- a way that minimises disruption to the project. This means you
- should tell people you are leaving and take the proper steps to
- ensure that others can pick up where you leave off.
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