| 1 | # Contributing
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| 2 | Contributions include code, documentation, answering user questions, running the
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| 3 | project's infrastructure, and advocating for all types of users.
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| 5 | The project welcomes all contributions from anyone willing to work in good faith
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| 6 | with other contributors and the community. No contribution is too small and all
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| 7 | contributions are valued.
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| 9 | This guide explains the process for contributing to the project's GitHub
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| 10 | Repository.
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| 11 |
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| 12 | - [Code of Conduct](#code-of-conduct)
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| 13 | - [Bad Actors](#bad-actors)
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| 14 | - [Developer Certificate of Origin](#developer-certificate-of-origin)
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| 16 | ## Code of Conduct
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| 17 | The project has a [Code of Conduct][./CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md] that *all*
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| 18 | contributors are expected to follow. This code describes the *minimum* behavior
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| 19 | expectations for all contributors.
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| 21 | As a contributor, how you choose to act and interact towards your
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| 22 | fellow contributors, as well as to the community, will reflect back not only
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| 23 | on yourself but on the project as a whole. The Code of Conduct is designed and
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| 24 | intended, above all else, to help establish a culture within the project that
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| 25 | allows anyone and everyone who wants to contribute to feel safe doing so.
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| 27 | Should any individual act in any way that is considered in violation of the
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| 28 | [Code of Conduct][./CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md], corrective actions will be taken. It is
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| 29 | possible, however, for any individual to *act* in such a manner that is not in
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| 30 | violation of the strict letter of the Code of Conduct guidelines while still
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| 31 | going completely against the spirit of what that Code is intended to accomplish.
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| 33 | Open, diverse, and inclusive communities live and die on the basis of trust.
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| 34 | Contributors can disagree with one another so long as they trust that those
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| 35 | disagreements are in good faith and everyone is working towards a common
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| 36 | goal.
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| 38 | ## Bad Actors
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| 39 | All contributors to tacitly agree to abide by both the letter and
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| 40 | spirit of the [Code of Conduct][./CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md]. Failure, or
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| 41 | unwillingness, to do so will result in contributions being respectfully
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| 44 | A *bad actor* is someone who repeatedly violates the *spirit* of the Code of
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| 45 | Conduct through consistent failure to self-regulate the way in which they
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| 46 | interact with other contributors in the project. In doing so, bad actors
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| 47 | alienate other contributors, discourage collaboration, and generally reflect
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| 48 | poorly on the project as a whole.
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| 50 | Being a bad actor may be intentional or unintentional. Typically, unintentional
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| 51 | bad behavior can be easily corrected by being quick to apologize and correct
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| 52 | course *even if you are not entirely convinced you need to*. Giving other
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| 53 | contributors the benefit of the doubt and having a sincere willingness to admit
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| 54 | that you *might* be wrong is critical for any successful open collaboration.
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| 56 | Don't be a bad actor.
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| 58 | ## Developer Certificate of Origin
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| 59 | All contributors must read and agree to the [Developer Certificate of
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| 60 | Origin (DCO)](../CERTIFICATE).
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| 62 | The DCO allows us to accept contributions from people to the project, similarly
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| 63 | to how a license allows us to distribute our code.
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