| Code of Conduct |
| =============== |
| |
| :slug: code-of-conduct |
| :category: About |
| :date: 2020-01-02 |
| |
| The Linux kernel community operates a `Code of Conduct`_ based on the |
| `Contributor Covenant Code of Conduct`_ with a `Linux Kernel Contributor Covenant Code of Conduct Interpretation`_. |
| |
| .. _`Code of Conduct`: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/code-of-conduct.html |
| .. _`Contributor Covenant Code of Conduct`: https://www.contributor-covenant.org/version/1/4/code-of-conduct.html |
| .. _`Linux Kernel Contributor Covenant Code of Conduct Interpretation`: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/code-of-conduct-interpretation.html |
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| Code of Conduct Committee |
| ------------------------- |
| |
| The Linux kernel Code of Conduct Committee is currently made up of the |
| following people: |
| |
| - Kristen Accardi <kristen.c.accardi@intel.com> |
| - Shuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org> |
| - Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> |
| - Joanna Lee <jlee@linuxfoundation.org> |
| |
| Committee members can be reached all at once by writing to |
| <conduct@kernel.org>. |
| |
| Committee Reports |
| ----------------- |
| |
| We would like to thank the Linux kernel community members who have supported |
| the adoption of the Code of Conduct and who continue to uphold the professional |
| standards of our community. If you have any questions about these reports, |
| please write to <conduct@kernel.org>. |
| |
| March 2025 |
| ~~~~~~~~~~ |
| |
| Archival copy: https://lore.kernel.org/all/2025043021-reprogram-gloss-acb5@gregkh/ |
| |
| Updates to the Code of Conduct documents: |
| |
| - The Code of Conduct documentation has been updated to clearly |
| outline the enforcement when Unacceptable Behavior Code |
| of Conduct Violations take place, and outline the Technical |
| Advisory Board's role in approving remedial actions recommended |
| by the Code of Conduct Committee. |
| |
| Reference: |
| https://docs.kernel.org/process/code-of-conduct-interpretation.html#code-of-conduct-interpretation |
| |
| In the period of April 1, 2024 through March 31, 2025, the Code of |
| Conduct Committee received the following reports: |
| |
| Reports received: 17 |
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| Development process related reports: |
| |
| - Education and coaching on maintainers' right to accept or reject |
| patches. Clarifying the expectations that developers can't demand |
| their patches to be reviewed and/or accepted by the community. |
| These reports were about a developer demanding their patch to be |
| accepted even after repeated attempts by maintainers advising the |
| developers to understand the development process. |
| |
| Code of Conduct scope and enforcement related reports: |
| |
| - Education and coaching on the role and scope of the Code of Conduct. |
| Several reports from people outside the kernel community reporting |
| past incidents before the Code of Conduct was adopted. Reports |
| resolved clarifying the scope and validity of reports about past |
| incidents before adopting the Code of Conduct. |
| |
| Insensitive comments reports: |
| |
| - Education and coaching on the role and scope of the Code of Conduct. |
| Reports about Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) related actions |
| and offhand comments in technical discussions that do not rise to the |
| level of violations. |
| |
| Unacceptable behavior or comments in email: 6 |
| |
| - 4 reports resolved instituting remedial measures on two individuals |
| restricting their participation in development process. |
| |
| -- Rejecting pull requests from an individual for a full release cycle. |
| Reference: https://lore.kernel.org/all/6740fc3aabec0_5eb129497@dwillia2-xfh.jf.intel.com.notmuch/ |
| -- Banning an individual for 3 months from Linux kernel mailing lists. |
| Reference: https://lore.kernel.org/all/67cf7499597e9_1198729450@dwillia2-xfh.jf.intel.com.notmuch/ |
| |
| - Others |
| - Resolved with the individuals making amends for their behaviors. |
| |
| We would like to thank the Linux kernel community members who have |
| supported the adoption of the Code of Conduct and who continue to |
| uphold the professional standards of our community. If you have |
| questions about this report, please write to <conduct@kernel.org>. |
| |
| March 2024 |
| ~~~~~~~~~~ |
| Archival copy: https://lore.kernel.org/r/355aee5f-13ce-4e20-9ce8-e5bcddd14bc2@linuxfoundation.org |
| |
| In the period of October 1, 2023 through March 31, 2024, the Code of |
| Conduct Committee received the following reports: |
| |
| - Unprofessional behavior or comments in email: 2 |
| |
| The result of the investigation: |
| |
| - Education and coaching clarifying the role of Code of Conduct |
| conduct on conversations that don't go against the CoC. |
| - Education and coaching the individuals on the impact of making |
| unprofessional comments which could be misunderstood leading |
| to negative impressions about the community. |
| |
| The reports were about the offhand comments made while rejecting |
| the code which are not violations of the Code of Conduct |
| |
| Unacceptable behavior or comments on a private invitee only chat |
| channel: 1 |
| |
| - Education and coaching clarifying the role of Code of Conduct |
| conduct on conversations that occur on a private chat channel. |
| |
| We would like to thank the Linux kernel community members who have |
| supported the adoption of the Code of Conduct and who continue to |
| uphold the professional standards of our community. If you have |
| questions about this report, please write to <conduct@kernel.org>. |
| |
| September 2023 |
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| Archival copy: https://lore.kernel.org/r/3351be6b-854e-479d-832c-83cb8829c010@linuxfoundation.org |
| |
| In the period of April 1, 2023 through September 30, 2023, the Code of |
| Conduct Committee received the following reports: |
| |
| - Unacceptable behavior or comments in email: 4 |
| |
| The result of the investigation: |
| |
| - Education and coaching clarifying the Code of Conduct conduct related |
| to normal review and patch acceptance process: 3 |
| - Clarification on the Code of Conduct conduct related to maintainer |
| rights and responsibility to reject code: 1 |
| |
| The reports were about the discussion during the patch review and |
| decisions made in rejecting code and these actions are not viewed as |
| violations of the Code of Conduct. |
| |
| Please see the excerpt from the Responsibilities section in the `Linux |
| Kernel Contributor Covenant Code of Conduct Interpretation`_ document:: |
| |
| setting expertise expectations, making decisions and rejecting unsuitable |
| contributions are not viewed as a violation of the Code of Conduct. |
| |
| March 2023 |
| ~~~~~~~~~~ |
| Archival copy: https://lore.kernel.org/r/557ef895-ad2d-eff9-7cb8-70dbcf41adea@linuxfoundation.org |
| |
| In the period of October 1, 2022 through March 31, 2023, the Code of |
| Conduct Committee received the following reports: |
| |
| - Unacceptable behavior or comments in email: 6 |
| |
| The result of the investigation: |
| |
| - Education and coaching clarifying the Code of Conduct conduct related |
| to normal review and patch acceptance process: 1 |
| - Clarification on the Code of Conduct conduct related to maintainer |
| rights and responsibility to reject code: 5 |
| |
| The reports were about the decisions made in rejecting code and these |
| actions are not viewed as violations of the Code of Conduct. |
| |
| Please see the excerpt from the Responsibilities section in the `Linux |
| Kernel Contributor Covenant Code of Conduct Interpretation`_ document:: |
| |
| setting expertise expectations, making decisions and rejecting unsuitable |
| contributions are not viewed as a violation of the Code of Conduct. |
| |
| |
| September 2022 |
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| Archival copy: https://lore.kernel.org/r/57a492fb-928b-9e0a-5f0e-dc95ef599309@linuxfoundation.org |
| |
| In the period of April 1, 2022 through September 30, 2022, the Code of |
| Conduct Committee received the following reports: |
| |
| - Unacceptable behavior or comments in email: 1 |
| |
| The result of the investigation: |
| |
| - Resolved with a public apology from the violator with a commitment |
| from them to abide by the Code of Conduct in the future. |
| |
| March 2022 |
| ---------- |
| |
| Archival copy: https://lore.kernel.org/r/4401af50-083d-0239-6b7f-3454c8d69fec@linuxfoundation.org |
| |
| In the period of October 1, 2021 through March 31, 2022, the Code of |
| Conduct Committee received the following reports: |
| |
| - Unacceptable behavior or comments in email: 2 |
| |
| The result of the investigation: |
| |
| - Education and coaching clarifying the Code of Conduct conduct |
| related to normal review process: 2 |
| |
| September 2021 |
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| |
| Archival copy: https://lore.kernel.org/r/e81f0726-5f8f-f10f-d926-a9126941d38e@linuxfoundation.org |
| |
| In the period of May 1, 2021 through September 30, 2021, the Code of |
| Conduct Committee received the following reports: |
| |
| - Unacceptable behavior or comments in email: 1 |
| |
| The result of the investigation: |
| |
| - Education and coaching clarifying the Code of Conduct conduct |
| related to normal review process: 1 |
| |
| April 2021 |
| ~~~~~~~~~~ |
| |
| Archival copy: https://lore.kernel.org/r/448b06e4-41fc-26df-a862-c3ba2f70b6b3@linuxfoundation.org |
| |
| In the period of November 1, 2020 through April 30, 2021 the Code of |
| Conduct Committee received the following reports: |
| |
| - Unacceptable behavior or comments in email (3rd party): 4 |
| |
| The result of the investigation: |
| |
| - Education and coaching: 1 |
| - Public response to call attention to the behavior and request |
| correction with consequence of ban if behavior persists: 1 |
| - Public response to attention to the behavior and request correction: 1 |
| - Clarification on the Code of Conduct conduct related to maintainer |
| rights and responsibility to reject code: 1 |
| |
| October 2020 |
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| |
| Archival copy: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20201105083002.GA3429143@kroah.com/ |
| |
| In the period of January 1, 2020 through October 31, 2020 the Committee |
| received the following reports: |
| |
| - Unacceptable behavior or comments in email: 1 |
| - Unacceptable comments in github repo by non-community members: 1 |
| - Unacceptable comments toward a company: 1 |
| |
| The result of the investigation: |
| |
| - Education and coaching: 1 |
| - Locking of github repo for any comments: 1 |
| - Clarification that the Code of Conduct covers conduct related to individual developers only: 1 |
| |
| December 2019 |
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| |
| Archival copy: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20200103105614.GC1047442@kroah.com/ |
| |
| In the period of December 1, 2019 through December 30, 2019 the Committee |
| received the following report: |
| |
| - Insulting behavior in email: 1 |
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| The result of the investigation: |
| |
| - Education and coaching: 1 |
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| August to November 2019 |
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
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| Archival copy: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20191218090054.GA5120@kroah.com/ |
| |
| In the period of August 1, 2019 through November 31, 2019, the Committee |
| received no reports. |
| |
| September 2018 to July 2019 |
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
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| Archival copy: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20190810120700.GA7360@kroah.com/ |
| |
| In the period of September 15, 2018 through July 31, 2019, the Committee |
| received the following reports: |
| |
| - Inappropriate language in the kernel source: 1 |
| - Insulting behavior in email: 3 |
| |
| The result of the investigations: |
| |
| - Education and coaching: 4 |
