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Code of conduct for open source projects managed by Coinbase
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# Code of Conduct



This code of conduct outlines our expectations for participants within the

**Coinbase** open source community, as well as steps to reporting unacceptable

behavior. We are committed to providing a welcoming and inspiring community for

all and expect our code of conduct to be honored. Anyone who violates this code

of conduct may be banned from the community.



Our open source community strives to:



- **Be friendly and patient.**

- **Be welcoming**: We strive to be a community that welcomes and supports

  people of all backgrounds and identities. This includes, but is not limited to

  members of any race, ethnicity, culture, national origin, colour, immigration

  status, social and economic class, educational level, sex, sexual orientation,

  gender identity and expression, age, size, family status, political belief,

  religion, and mental and physical ability.

- **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 you should take those consequences into account when making

  decisions. Remember that we’re a world-wide community, so you might not be

  communicating in someone else’s primary language.

- **Be respectful**: Not all of us will agree all the time, but disagreement is

  no excuse for poor behavior 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.

- **Be careful in the words that we choose**: we are a community of

  professionals, and we conduct ourselves professionally. Be kind to others. Do

  not insult or put down other participants. Harassment and other exclusionary

  behavior aren’t acceptable.

- **Try to understand why we disagree**: Disagreements, both social and

  technical, happen all the time. It is important that we resolve disagreements

  and differing views constructively. Remember that we’re different. The

  strength of our community comes from its diversity, people from a wide range

  of backgrounds. Different people have different perspectives on issues. Being

  unable to understand why someone holds a viewpoint doesn’t mean that they’re

  wrong. Don’t forget that it is human to err and blaming each other doesn’t get

  us anywhere. Instead, focus on helping to resolve issues and learning from

  mistakes.



## Definitions



Harassment includes, but is not limited to:



- Offensive comments related to gender, gender identity and expression, sexual

  orientation, disability, mental illness, neuro(a)typicality, physical

  appearance, body size, race, age, regional discrimination, political or

  religious affiliation

- Unwelcome comments regarding a person’s lifestyle choices and practices,

  including those related to food, health, parenting, drugs, and employment

- Deliberate misgendering. This includes deadnaming or persistently using a

  pronoun that does not correctly reflect a person’s gender identity. You must

  address people by the name they give you when not addressing them by their

  username or handle

- Physical contact and simulated physical contact (eg, textual descriptions like

  “*hug*” or “*backrub*”) without consent or after a request to stop

- Threats of violence, both physical and psychological

- Incitement of violence towards any individual, including encouraging a person

  to commit suicide or to engage in self-harm

- Deliberate intimidation

- Stalking or following

- Harassing photography or recording, including logging online activity for

  harassment purposes

- Sustained disruption of discussion

- Unwelcome sexual attention, including gratuitous or off-topic sexual images or

  behaviour

- Pattern of inappropriate social contact, such as requesting/assuming

  inappropriate levels of intimacy with others

- Continued one-on-one communication after requests to cease

- Deliberate “outing” of any aspect of a person’s identity without their consent

  except as necessary to protect others from intentional abuse

- Publication of non-harassing private communication



Our open source community prioritizes marginalized people’s safety over

privileged people’s comfort. We will not act on complaints regarding:



- ‘Reverse’ -isms, including ‘reverse racism,’ ‘reverse sexism,’ and ‘cisphobia’

- Reasonable communication of boundaries, such as “leave me alone,” “go away,”

  or “I’m not discussing this with you”

- Refusal to explain or debate social justice concepts

- Communicating in a ‘tone’ you don’t find congenial

- Criticizing racist, sexist, cissexist, or otherwise oppressive behavior or

  assumptions



### Diversity Statement



We encourage everyone to participate and are committed to building a community

for all. Although we will fail at times, we seek to treat everyone both as

fairly and equally as possible. Whenever a participant has made a mistake, we

expect them to take responsibility for it. If someone has been harmed or

offended, it is our responsibility to listen carefully and respectfully, and do

our best to right the wrong.



Although this list cannot be exhaustive, we explicitly honor diversity in age,

gender, gender identity or expression, culture, ethnicity, language, national

origin, political beliefs, profession, race, religion, sexual orientation,

socioeconomic status, and technical ability. We will not tolerate discrimination

based on any of the protected characteristics above, including participants with

disabilities.



### Reporting Issues



If you experience or witness unacceptable behavior—or have any other

concerns—please report it by contacting us via

**[opensource@coinbase.com](mailto:opensource@coinbase.com)**. All reports will be handled with

discretion. In your report please include:



- Your contact information.

- Names (real, nicknames, or pseudonyms) of any individuals involved. If there

  are additional witnesses, please include them as well. Your account of what

  occurred, and if you believe the incident is ongoing. If there is a publicly

  available record (e.g. a mailing list archive or a public IRC logger), please

  include a link.

- Any additional information that may be helpful.



After filing a report, a representative will contact you personally, review the

incident, follow up with any additional questions, and make a decision as to how

to respond. If the person who is harassing you is part of the response team,

they will recuse themselves from handling your incident. If the complaint

originates from a member of the response team, it will be handled by a different

member of the response team. We will respect confidentiality requests for the

purpose of protecting victims of abuse.



### Attribution & Acknowledgements



We all stand on the shoulders of giants across many open source communities.

We’d like to thank the communities and projects that established code of

conducts and diversity statements as our inspiration:



- [Django](https://www.djangoproject.com/conduct/reporting/)

- [Python](https://www.python.org/community/diversity/)

- [Ubuntu](http://www.ubuntu.com/about/about-ubuntu/conduct)

- [Contributor Covenant](http://contributor-covenant.org/)

- [Geek Feminism](http://geekfeminism.org/about/code-of-conduct/)

- [Citizen Code of Conduct](http://citizencodeofconduct.org/)

- [TODO Group](http://todogroup.org/opencodeofconduct/)