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| 1 | +# Contributing |
| 2 | +Contributions include code, documentation, answering user questions, running the |
| 3 | +project's infrastructure, and advocating for all types of users. |
| 4 | + |
| 5 | +The project welcomes all contributions from anyone willing to work in good faith |
| 6 | +with other contributors and the community. No contribution is too small and all |
| 7 | +contributions are valued. |
| 8 | + |
| 9 | +This guide explains the process for contributing to the project's GitHub |
| 10 | +Repository. |
| 11 | + |
| 12 | +- [Code of Conduct](#code-of-conduct) |
| 13 | +- [Bad Actors](#bad-actors) |
| 14 | + |
| 15 | +## Code of Conduct |
| 16 | +The project has a [Code of Conduct](./CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md) that *all* |
| 17 | +contributors are expected to follow. This code describes the *minimum* behavior |
| 18 | +expectations for all contributors. |
| 19 | + |
| 20 | +As a contributor, how you choose to act and interact towards your |
| 21 | +fellow contributors, as well as to the community, will reflect back not only |
| 22 | +on yourself but on the project as a whole. The Code of Conduct is designed and |
| 23 | +intended, above all else, to help establish a culture within the project that |
| 24 | +allows anyone and everyone who wants to contribute to feel safe doing so. |
| 25 | + |
| 26 | +Should any individual act in any way that is considered in violation of the |
| 27 | +[Code of Conduct](./CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md), corrective actions will be taken. It is |
| 28 | +possible, however, for any individual to *act* in such a manner that is not in |
| 29 | +violation of the strict letter of the Code of Conduct guidelines while still |
| 30 | +going completely against the spirit of what that Code is intended to accomplish. |
| 31 | + |
| 32 | +Open, diverse, and inclusive communities live and die on the basis of trust. |
| 33 | +Contributors can disagree with one another so long as they trust that those |
| 34 | +disagreements are in good faith and everyone is working towards a common |
| 35 | +goal. |
| 36 | + |
| 37 | +## Bad Actors |
| 38 | +All contributors to tacitly agree to abide by both the letter and |
| 39 | +spirit of the [Code of Conduct](./CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md). Failure, or |
| 40 | +unwillingness, to do so will result in contributions being respectfully |
| 41 | +declined. |
| 42 | + |
| 43 | +A *bad actor* is someone who repeatedly violates the *spirit* of the Code of |
| 44 | +Conduct through consistent failure to self-regulate the way in which they |
| 45 | +interact with other contributors in the project. In doing so, bad actors |
| 46 | +alienate other contributors, discourage collaboration, and generally reflect |
| 47 | +poorly on the project as a whole. |
| 48 | + |
| 49 | +Being a bad actor may be intentional or unintentional. Typically, unintentional |
| 50 | +bad behavior can be easily corrected by being quick to apologize and correct |
| 51 | +course *even if you are not entirely convinced you need to*. Giving other |
| 52 | +contributors the benefit of the doubt and having a sincere willingness to admit |
| 53 | +that you *might* be wrong is critical for any successful open collaboration. |
| 54 | + |
| 55 | +Don't be a bad actor. |
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