Merge pull request #7017 from Rdatatable/numfocus_coc

update Code of Conduct to align with NumFOCUS

Author: TysonStanley

.github/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md

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-As contributors and maintainers of this project, and in the interest of fostering an open and welcoming community, we pledge to respect all people who contribute through reporting issues, posting feature requests, updating documentation, submitting pull requests or patches, and other activities.
+The R data.table project adheres to NumFOCUS's Code of Conduct. 
 
-We are committed to making participation in this project a harassment-free experience for everyone, regardless of level of experience, gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, disability, personal appearance, body size, race, ethnicity, age, religion, or nationality.
+# The NumFOCUS Code of Conduct
 
-Examples of unacceptable behavior by participants include:
+## The Short Version
 
-* The use of sexualized language or imagery
-* Personal attacks
-* Trolling or insulting/derogatory comments
-* Public or private harassment
-* Publishing other's private information, such as physical or electronic addresses, without explicit permission
-* Other unethical or unprofessional conduct
+Be kind to others. Do not insult or put down others. Behave professionally. Remember that harassment and sexist, racist, or exclusionary jokes are not appropriate for NumFOCUS.
 
-Project members with the Committer role have the right and responsibility to remove, edit, or reject comments, commits, code, wiki edits, issues, and other contributions that are not aligned to this Code of Conduct, or to ban temporarily or permanently any contributor for other behaviors that they deem inappropriate, threatening, offensive, or harmful.
+All communication should be appropriate for a professional audience including people of many different backgrounds. Sexual language and imagery is not appropriate.
 
-By adopting this Code of Conduct, project members commit themselves to fairly and consistently apply these principles to every aspect of managing this project. Project maintainers who do not follow or enforce the Code of Conduct may be permanently removed from the project team.
+NumFOCUS is dedicated to providing a harassment-free community for everyone, regardless of gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, or religion. We do not tolerate harassment of community members in any form.
+Thank you for helping make this a welcoming, friendly community for all.
 
-This Code of Conduct applies both within project spaces and in public spaces when an individual is representing the project or its community.
+[Code of Conduct Reporting Form](https://numfocus.typeform.com/to/ynjGdT)
 
-
-## Reporting
-
-Project members with the Committer role or the CRAN Maintainer role are pledged to promptly address any reported issues. Instances of abusive, harassing, or otherwise unacceptable behavior may be reported to any individual with this role.
-
-Those who prefer to report in a way that is independent of the current Committers and Maintainer may instead contact the Community Engagement Coordinator by e-mailing [r.data.table\@gmail.com](mailto:[email protected]). Messages sent to this e-mail address will be visible only to the current Community Engagement Coordinator, a position always held by an individual who is not a Committer or CRAN Maintainer of the package.
-
-The current Committers are Toby Dylan Hocking (@tdhock), Matt Dowle (@mattdowle), Arun Srinivasan (@arunsrinivasan), Jan Gorecki (@jangorecki), Michael Chirico (@MichaelChirico), Benjamin Schwendinger (@ben-schwen), and Ivan Krylov (@aitap).
-
-The current CRAN Maintainer is Tyson Barrett (@tysonstanley).
-
-The current Community Engagement Coordinator is Kelly Bodwin (@kbodwin).
-
-All complaints will be reviewed and investigated and will result in a response that is deemed necessary and appropriate to the circumstances. Complaint respondents are obligated to maintain confidentiality with regard to the reporter of an incident.
-
-This Code of Conduct is adapted from the [Contributor Covenant, version 1.3.0](https://www.contributor-covenant.org/version/1/3/0/code-of-conduct/), available at [https://www.contributor-covenant.org/version/1/3/0/](https://www.contributor-covenant.org/version/1/3/0/), and the Swift Code of Conduct.
+For the full version of the Code of Conduct, please visit: [https://numfocus.org/code-of-conduct](https://numfocus.org/code-of-conduct).