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+#use wml::debian::template title="Interpreting the Debian Code of Conduct" BARETITLE=true
+
+{#meta#:
+<meta name="keywords" content="code of conduct, coc">
+:#meta#}
+
+<h2>Some General Comments</h2>
+
+<p>The purpose of this document is to provide some explanation and
+examples of how the <a href="$(HOME)/code_of_conduct">Code of
+Conduct</a> (CoC) is interpreted within the Debian Project,. If you
+have any questions, please reach out to the Community Team
+(community@debian.org). If you are worried something you are thinking
+about doing might violate the CoC, please also reach out to the
+Community Team.</p>
+
+<p>The purpose of the CoC is to create a community space where people
+feel comfortable. This helps us maintain a collective of contributors
+who are excited to participate in Debian and help us fulfil our goals
+of creating and maintaining Debian. The Debian community is, at the
+same time, both a group of friends working on a project and a group of
+colleagues doing their jobs. Debian is as much a huge social grouping
+as a technical project.</p>
+
+<p>The goal of the CoC, and CoC enforcement efforts, is to help people
+align to the shared values Debian has adopted as a community through
+the General Resolution process. You have to follow and respect the CoC
+in order to participate in Debian. You do not have to be perfect --
+everyone makes mistakes or has a bad day -- the goal of CoC
+enforcement is to help people to do better. That is all that's being
+asked of you: try your best to treat your friends and colleagues with
+consideration. The CoC covers all activities within Debian and those
+you carry out as a representative of the Debian Project. Punitive
+actions, such as (temporary or permanent) banning or loss of status,
+may also occur if your non-Debian activities impact the Project or
+create an unsafe or harmful space in Debian.</p>
+
+<p>This is a <strong>living document</strong>. It will change over
+time as what is considered normal and ideal both inside and outside
+Debian evolves. The Debian Code of Conduct was initially ratified in
+2014. It has not changed since then, though expectations and best
+practices in the free and open source software communities, and in
+tech in general, have.</p>
+
+<h2>1. Be respectful</h2>
+
+<p><strong>In a project the size of Debian, inevitably there will be
+people with whom you may disagree, or find it difficult to
+cooperate. Accept that, but even so, remain respectful. Disagreement
+with someone's actions or opinions is no excuse for poor behaviour or
+personal attacks. A community in which people feel threatened is not a
+healthy community.</strong></p>
+
+<p>Every member of the community and the wider world deserves
+respect. Respect is not something to be earned in Debian, it is
+something each and every member of the Community deserves, regardless
+of their age, gender, body size, education, ethnicity, or other
+factors.</p>
+
+<p>Debian is an open community. All cultures and beliefs are welcome
+and acknowledged so long as they are not harming others. Your own
+expectations or your own cultural background are not an excuse to
+violate the CoC or be disrespectful to another person within the
+Debian community or within your role as a member of the Debian
+community. Debian has its own culture. When working with Debian
+contributors or users, please abide by Debian norms and represent
+Debian positively.</p>
+
+<p>People in Debian come from different cultural backgrounds, have
+different experiences, and might not be fluent or comfortable in the
+language of a given discussion. This means that it is important to
+assume best intentions (see below) and be understanding about
+differences in communication styles. This does not, however, mean it
+is acceptable to intentionally communicate inappropriately or not
+change your communication style to meet community norms once it has
+been brought up.</p>
+
+<h3>Examples of Disrespectful Behaviour</h3>
+
+<p>The following is a <strong>non-exhaustive</strong> list of examples
+of disrespectful behaviour:</p>
+
+<ul>
+  <li>Profanity directed at a person or their work</li>
+  <li>Insulting someone for their age, disability, gender, sexuality,
+      body size, religion, nationality, race, ethnicity, caste, tribe,
+      education, contribution types, or status within Debian and/or
+      free and open source software, using one of the above as an
+      insult, or making derogatory statements about a group</li>
+  <li>Intentionally using the wrong pronouns or name
+      (e.g. <q>deadnaming</q>) of an individual</li>
+  <li>Aggressively or repeatedly contacting someone after being asked
+      to stop</li>
+  <li>Not making good faith efforts to reach agreement with people or
+      to change behaviours that are counter to Debian's values</li>
+</ul>
+
+<h2>2. Assume good faith</h2>
+
+<p><strong>Debian Contributors have many ways of reaching our common goal of a
+free operating system: someone else's ways of doing something may
+differ from your ways. Assume that other people are working
+collaboratively towards this goal. Note that many of our Contributors
+are not native English speakers or may have different cultural
+backgrounds.</strong></p>
+
+<p><strong>Debian is a global project.</strong> Debian includes people
+from many different backgrounds, experiences, styles of communication
+and cultural norms. As such, it is particularly important to assume
+good faith. This means to assume, as is reasonable, that the person
+you're talking with is not trying to hurt you or insult you.</p>
+
+<p>In order to assume good faith, we must also act in good faith. This
+also means that you should assume someone is trying their best, and
+that you should not hurt or insult them. Intentionally upsetting
+someone within Debian is not acceptable.</p>
+
+<p>Assuming good faith includes communication, behaviour, and
+contribution. This means assuming that everyone contributing, whatever
+their contributions, is putting in the effort they are capable of and
+doing so with integrity.</p>
+
+<h3>Examples of Non-Good Faith Behaviours</h3>
+
+<p>Again, the following is a <strong>non-exhaustive</strong> list:</p>
+
+<ul>
+  <li>Trolling</li>
+  <li>Assuming someone is trolling</li>
+  <li>Using phrases like <q>I know you're not stupid</q> or <q>You
+      couldn't have done this intentionally, so you must be
+      stupid</q></li>
+  <li>Insulting someone's contributions</li>
+  <li>Stirring up antagonism in others - <q>punching people's
+      buttons</q> to produce an effect</li>
+</ul>
+
+<h2>3. Be collaborative</h2>
+
+<p><strong>Debian is a large and complex project; there is always more
+to learn within Debian. It's good to ask for help when you need
+it. Similarly, offers for help should be seen in the context of our
+shared goal of improving Debian.</strong></p>
+
+<p><strong>When you make something for the benefit of the project, be
+willing to explain to others how it works, so that they can build on
+your work to make it even better.</strong></p>
+
+<p>Our contributions help other contributors, the project and our
+users. We work in the open under the ethos that anyone who wants to
+contribute should be able to, within reason. Everyone in Debian has a
+different background and different skills. This means you should be
+positive and constructive and, whenever possible, you should provide
+assistance, advice, or mentorship. We value consensus, though there
+are times when democratic decisions will be made or direction may be
+decided by those people who are willing and able to undertake an
+activity.</p>
+
+<p>Different teams use different tools and have different norms in
+collaboration. This could mean things like weekly synchronous
+meetings, shared notes, or code review processes. Just because things
+have been done a certain way doesn't mean it's the best or only way to
+do things, and teams should be open to discussing new collaboration
+methods.</p>
+
+<p>Part of being collaborative is also a good faith assumption (see
+above) that others are being collaborative as well rather than
+assuming that others are <q>out to get you</q>, or ignoring you.</p>
+
+<p>Good collaboration is more valuable than technical skills. Being a
+good technical contributor does not make it acceptable to be a harmful
+community member.</p>
+
+<h3>Examples of Bad Collaboration</h3>
+
+<ul>
+  <li>Refusing to adopt a team's contribution norms</li>
+  <li>Insulting other contributors / colleagues</li>
+  <li>Refusing to work with others unless it poses a threat to your
+    safety or well-being</li>
+</ul>
+
+<h2>4. Try to be concise</h2>
+
+<p><strong>Keep in mind that what you write once will be read by
+hundreds of people. Writing a short email means people can understand
+the conversation as efficiently as possible. When a long explanation
+is necessary, consider adding a summary.</strong></p>
+
+<p><strong>Try to bring new arguments to a conversation so that each
+mail adds something unique to the thread, keeping in mind that the
+rest of the thread still contains the other messages with the
+arguments that have already been made.</strong></p>
+
+<p><strong>Try to stay on topic, especially in discussions that are
+already fairly large.</strong></p>
+
+<p>Certain topics are not appropriate for Debian, including some
+contentious topics of a political or religious nature. Debian is an
+environment of colleagues as much as it is one of friends. Public
+collective exchanges should be respectful, on-topic, and
+professional. Using concise, accessible language is important,
+especially as many Debian contributors are non-native English
+speakers, and much of the project's communications are in English. It
+is important to be clear and explicit, and when possible explain or
+avoid idioms. (Note: Using idioms, for example, is not a violation of
+the Code of Conduct. Avoiding them is just a good practice in general
+for clarity.)</p>
+
+<p>It is not always easy to convey meaning and tone over text or
+across cultures. Being open-minded, assuming good intentions, and
+trying are the most important things in conversation.</p>
+
+<h2>5. Be open</h2>
+
+<p><strong>Most ways of communication used within Debian allow for
+public and private communication. As per paragraph three of the social
+contract, you should preferably use public methods of communication
+for Debian-related messages, unless posting something
+sensitive.</strong></p>
+
+<p><strong>This applies to messages for help or Debian-related
+support, too; not only is a public support request much more likely to
+result in an answer to your question, it also makes sure that any
+inadvertent mistakes made by people answering your question will be
+more easily detected and corrected.</strong></p>
+
+<p>It is important to keep as many communications public as
+possible. Many Debian mailing lists can be joined by anyone or have
+publicly accessible archives. Archives may be recorded and stored by
+non-Debian sources (e.g. the Internet Archive). It should be assumed
+that what has been said on a Debian mailing list
+is <q>permanent</q>. Many people keep logs of IRC conversations as
+well.</p>
+
+<h3>Privacy</h2>
+
+<p>Private conversations within the context of the project are still
+considered to be under the Code of Conduct. Reporting that something
+said in a private conversation is inappropriate or unsafe (see above
+for examples) is encouraged.</p>
+
+<p>At the same time, it is important to respect private conversations,
+and they should not be shared barring issues of safety. Certain
+places, like the debian-private mailing list, fall under this
+category.</p>
+
+<h2>6. In case of problems</h2>
+
+<p><strong>While this code of conduct should be adhered to by
+participants, we recognize that sometimes people may have a bad day,
+or be unaware of some of the guidelines in this code of conduct. When
+that happens, you may reply to them and point out this code of
+conduct. Such messages may be in public or in private, whatever is
+most appropriate. However, regardless of whether the message is public
+or not, it should still adhere to the relevant parts of this code of
+conduct; in particular, it should not be abusive or
+disrespectful. Assume good faith; it is more likely that participants
+are unaware of their bad behaviour than that they intentionally try to
+degrade the quality of the discussion.</strong></p>
+
+<p><strong>Serious or persistent offenders will be temporarily or
+permanently banned from communicating through Debian's
+systems. Complaints should be made (in private) to the administrators
+of the Debian communication forum in question. To find contact
+information for these administrators, please see the page on Debian's
+organisational structure.</strong></p>
+
+<p>The purpose of the Code of Conduct is to provide guidance for
+people on how to maintain Debian as a welcoming community. People
+should feel welcome to participate as they are and not as others
+expect them to be. The Debian Code of Conduct outlines things people
+should do, rather than ways they should not behave. This document
+provides insight on how the Community Team interprets the Code of
+Conduct. Different members of the Debian community may interpret this
+document differently. What is most important is that people feel
+comfortable, safe, and welcome within Debian. Regardless of whether it
+is called out specifically in this document, if someone does not feel
+comfortable, safe, and/or welcome, they should reach out to the
+Community Team: \url{https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/Community}.</p>
+
+<p>If someone is concerned that they may have done something
+inappropriate or are thinking about doing something they think may be
+inappropriate, they are also encouraged to reach out to the Community
+Team.</p>
+
+<p>As Debian is so large, the Community Team can not and does not
+proactively monitor all communications, though sometimes members may
+see them in passing. As such, it is important for the Debian Community
+to work with the Community Team.</p>
+
+<h2>Failing to Follow the Code of Conduct</h2>
+
+<p>No one is expected to be perfect all the time. Making a mistake is
+not the end of the world, though it may result in someone reaching out
+to ask for improvement. Within Debian there is an expectation of good
+faith efforts to do well and do better. Repeated violation of the CoC
+may result in reprisal or restrictions on community interaction
+including, but not limited to:</p>
+
+<ul>
+  <li>official warnings;</li>
+  <li>temporary or permanent bans on email lists, IRC channels, or
+  other communication medial</li>
+  <li>temporary or permanent removal of rights and privileges; or</li>
+  <li>temporary or permanent demotion of status within the Debian
+  Project.</li>
+</ul>