Sphinx Code of Conduct
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Like the technical community as a whole, the Sphinx team and community
is made up of volunteers from all over the world. Diversity is a
strength, but it can also lead to communication issues and
unhappiness. To that end, we have a few ground rules that we ask
people to adhere 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. Members of the
  Sphinx community should be respectful when dealing with other
  members as well as with people outside the Sphinx community.

* **Be careful in the words that you 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. This includes, but is
  not limited to:

  * Violent threats or language directed against another person.

  * Discriminatory jokes and language.

  * Posting sexually explicit or violent material.

  * Posting (or threatening to post) other people's personally
    identifying information ("doxing").

  * Personal insults, especially those using racist or sexist terms.

  * Unwelcome sexual attention.

  * Advocating for, or encouraging, any of the above behavior.

  * Repeated harassment of others. In general, if someone asks you to
    stop, then stop.

* **When we disagree, try to understand why.** Disagreements, both
  social and technical, happen all the time and Sphinx is no
  exception. It is important that we resolve disagreements and
  differing views constructively. Remember that we're different.
  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.

This isn't an exhaustive list of things that you can't do. Rather,
take it in the spirit in which it's intended - a guide to make it
easier to enrich all of us and the technical communities in which we
participate. This code of conduct applies to all spaces of the Sphinx
community.

-[ Attribution ]-

Original text courtesy of the Speak Up! project:
http://web.archive.org/web/20141109123859/http://speakup.io/coc.html.
