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The Code of Conduct committee's goal first and foremost is to bring about
change to ensure our community continues to foster respectful discussions.

In the interest of transparency, the CoC enforcement policy is formalized
for unacceptable behaviors.

Update the Code of Conduct Interpretation document with the enforcement
information.

Acked-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Acked-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>
Acked-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Acked-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Acked-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
Acked-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
Acked-by: Konstantin Ryabitsev <konstantin@linuxfoundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Shuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org>
Acked-by: Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241114205649.44179-1-skhan@linuxfoundation.org
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Because how we interpret and enforce the Code of Conduct will evolve over
time, this document will be updated when necessary to reflect any
changes.
Enforcement for Unacceptable Behavior Code of Conduct Violations
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The Code of Conduct committee works to ensure that our community continues
to be inclusive and fosters diverse discussions and viewpoints, and works
to improve those characteristics over time. A majority of the reports the
Code of Conduct Committee receives stem from incorrect understanding regarding
the development process and maintainers' roles, responsibilities, and their
right to make decisions on code acceptance. These are resolved through
clarification of the development process and the scope of the Code of Conduct.
Unacceptable behaviors could interrupt respectful collaboration for a short
period of time and negatively impact the health of the community longer term.
Unacceptable behaviors often get resolved when individuals acknowledge their
behavior and make amends for it in the setting the violation has taken place.
The Code of Conduct Committee receives reports about unacceptable behaviors
when they don't get resolved through community discussions. The Code of
Conduct committee takes measures to restore productive and respectful
collaboration when an unacceptable behavior has negatively impacted that
relationship.
The Code of Conduct Committee has the obligation to keep the reports and
reporters' information private. Reports could come from injured parties
and community members who are observers of unacceptable behaviors. The
Code of Conduct Committee has the responsibility to investigate and resolve
these reports, working with all involved parties.
The Code of Conduct Committee works with the individual to bring about
change in their understanding of the importance to repair the damage caused
by their behavior to the injured party and the long term negative impact
on the community.
The goal is to reach a resolution which is agreeable to all parties. If
working with the individual fails to bring about the desired outcome, the
Code of Conduct Committee will evaluate other measures such as seeking
public apology to repair the damage.
Seek public apology for the violation
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The Code of Conduct Committee publicly calls out the behavior in the
setting in which the violation has taken place, seeking public apology
for the violation.
A public apology for the violation is the first step towards rebuilding
the trust. Trust is essential for the continued success and health of the
community which operates on trust and respect.
Remedial measures if there is no public apology for the violation
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The Code of Conduct Committee determines the next course of action to restore
the healthy collaboration by recommending remedial measure(s) to the TAB for
approval.
- Ban violator from participating in the kernel development process for
a period of up to a full kernel development cycle. The Code of Conduct
Committee could require public apology as a condition for lifting the
ban.
The scope of the ban for a period of time could include:
a. denying patch contributions and pull requests
b. pausing collaboration with the violator by ignoring their
contributions and/or blocking their email account(s)
c. restricting their ability to communicate via kernel.org platforms,
such as mailing lists and social media sites
Once the TAB approves one or more of the measures outlined in the scope of
the ban by a two-thirds vote, the Code of Conduct Committee will enforce
the TAB approved measure(s) in collaboration with the community, maintainers,
sub-maintainers, and kernel.org administrators.
The Code of Conduct Committee is mindful of the negative impact of seeking
public apology and instituting ban could have on individuals. It is also
mindful of the longer term harm to the community that could result from
not taking action when such serious public violations occur.
The effectiveness of the remedial measure(s) approved by the TAB depends
on the trust and cooperation from the community, maintainers, sub-maintainers,
and kernel.org administrators in enforcing them.
The Code of Conduct Committee sincerely hopes that unacceptable behaviors
that require seeking public apologies continue to be exceedingly rare
occurrences in the future.