Code of Conduct

Our pledge

We — the maintainers, contributors, and broader community of the traceless-style project — pledge to make participation in our community 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.

Where this applies

This code of conduct applies in every space the project maintains: GitHub repositories under the @sparkgoldentech organization, issues, pull-request reviews, discussions, the project's email addresses, and any in-person or virtual event organized under the project's name. It applies to every contributor, maintainer, and reader.

What we expect

Examples of behavior that contributes to a positive environment:

• Being respectful of differing opinions, viewpoints, and experiences.
• Giving and gracefully accepting constructive feedback.
• Accepting responsibility, apologising to those affected by mistakes, and learning from the experience.
• Focusing on what is best not just for us as individuals, but for the overall community.
• Showing empathy toward people new to the project — everyone was new once.

What we won't tolerate

Examples of unacceptable behavior:

• The use of sexualized language or imagery, and sexual attention or advances of any kind.
• Trolling, insulting or derogatory comments, and personal or political attacks.
• Public or private harassment.
• Publishing others' private information — physical address, email address, employer, immigration status — without their explicit permission.
• Sustained disruption of discussions, talks, or other events.
• Other conduct which could reasonably be considered inappropriate in a professional setting.

Maintainer responsibilities

Maintainers are responsible for clarifying and enforcing the 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.

Maintainers have the right and responsibility to remove, edit, or reject comments, commits, code, wiki edits, issues, and other contributions that are not aligned with this code, and will communicate reasons for moderation decisions when appropriate.

How to report

If you witness or experience behavior that violates this code, report it directly to [email protected]. We will review the report and respond within 7 days. All reports are handled with discretion and confidentiality.

When you report, please include (as much as you're comfortable sharing):

• Your name and how you'd prefer to be contacted.
• Names (real or usernames) of everyone involved.
• Context: when and where the incident happened, links to relevant comments / issues / commits.
• What you'd like to happen next, if you have a preference.

We won't share your report with the person you're reporting on without your explicit consent. We won't retaliate against anyone who files a good-faith report — even if the report ends up not warranting action.

Enforcement

Depending on severity and pattern of behavior, maintainers may respond with one or more of the following:

1. Correction. A private, written warning explaining what was inappropriate and why. May include a request for a public apology.
2. Warning. A formal warning with consequences for continued behavior. No interaction with the person(s) involved for a specified period.
3. Temporary ban. A temporary ban from any sort of public or private interaction with the community, including unsolicited interaction with those enforcing the code, for a specified period.
4. Permanent ban. A permanent ban from any sort of public interaction within the community.

Attribution

This Code of Conduct is adapted from the Contributor Covenant version 2.1, available at contributor-covenant.org/version/2/1/code_of_conduct.html. The Contributor Covenant is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license.

Contact

Conduct reports go to [email protected]. Other questions: all the ways to reach us.