Status: Published community policy
Last reviewed: 17 October 2026
Elixpo is an open-source project foundry where people develop software, publish research, operate public services, and prepare releases together. This Code of Conduct applies to participation in every official Elixpo repository, Chapter, review, issue tracker, discussion, service, research activity, partnership, and online or in-person event.
It is adapted from the Contributor Covenant v2.1.
Our pledge
We as members, contributors, and leaders pledge to make participation in the Elixpo community a harassment-free experience for everyone, regardless of age, body size, visible or invisible disability, ethnicity, sex characteristics, gender identity and expression, level of experience, education, socio-economic status, nationality, personal appearance, race, religion, or sexual identity and orientation.
We pledge to act and interact in ways that contribute to an open, welcoming, diverse, inclusive, and healthy community.
Our standards
Examples of behavior that contributes to a positive environment:
- Being kind, patient, and welcoming, especially to newcomers and first-time contributors.
- Being respectful of differing opinions, viewpoints, and experiences.
- Giving and gracefully accepting constructive feedback.
- Taking responsibility, apologizing to those affected by our mistakes, and learning from the experience.
- Focusing on what is best for the whole community, not just for us as individuals.
- Crediting work accurately, respecting authorship, and correcting the public record when evidence changes.
- Disagreeing with ideas and technical decisions without attacking the people behind them.
- Respecting project scope, maintainer boundaries, review decisions, and security-reporting procedures.
Examples of unacceptable behavior:
- The use of sexualized language or imagery, and sexual attention or advances of any kind.
- Trolling, insulting or derogatory comments, and personal or political attacks.
- Public or private harassment.
- Publishing others' private information, such as a physical or email address, without their explicit permission.
- Intimidation, stalking, sustained disruption, retaliation, or unwanted contact after a request to stop.
- Plagiarism, knowingly false attribution, manipulation of contribution records, or presenting another person's work as one's own.
- Using project access, reviewer status, sponsorship, or organizational roles to pressure someone for personal, academic, financial, or professional gain.
- Misusing the Elixpo or Oreo brand to impersonate the project or deceive others.
- Other conduct which could reasonably be considered inappropriate in a professional setting.
Enforcement responsibilities
Community leaders and maintainers are responsible for clarifying and enforcing these standards and will take proportionate corrective action in response to conduct that is inappropriate, threatening, offensive, or harmful. They may remove, edit, or reject comments, commits, code, issues, and other contributions that do not align with this policy. When it is safe and appropriate, the person affected by an enforcement decision will receive a concise explanation.
Anyone handling a report must disclose a conflict of interest and step away from the decision. A different maintainer will review the available evidence.
Scope
This Code of Conduct applies within all community spaces, and also applies when an individual is officially representing the community in public spaces. Examples include using an official email address, posting via an official social media account, or acting as an appointed representative at an online or offline event.
Reporting
Instances of abusive, harassing, or otherwise unacceptable behavior may be reported privately to:
Use the subject Code of Conduct report and include only the information you are comfortable sharing: where the incident occurred, what happened, relevant links or screenshots, and any immediate safety concern. Do not place sensitive reports in a public issue or discussion.
Reports will be acknowledged and reviewed as promptly and fairly as the available maintainers allow. Information will be shared only with people needed to assess the report, respond safely, or meet a legal obligation. Elixpo cannot promise absolute confidentiality, but will minimize disclosure and will not knowingly publish a reporter's identity without permission. Good-faith reports and participation in an investigation must not result in retaliation.
Enforcement guidelines
Community leaders will follow these Community Impact Guidelines in determining the consequences for any action they deem in violation of this Code of Conduct:
- Correction - A private, written warning providing clarity around the nature of the violation and an explanation of why the behavior was inappropriate. A public apology may be requested.
- Warning - A warning with consequences for continued behavior. No interaction with the people involved for a specified period of time.
- Temporary ban - A temporary ban from any sort of interaction or public communication with the community for a specified period of time.
- Permanent ban - A permanent ban from any sort of public interaction within the community.
The response may also include removal of content, reversal of access, a change in review responsibility, correction of attribution, or notification to the operator of a platform or event. The response will be based on context, impact, history, safety, and the needs of the people affected—not solely on whether the conduct happened in public.
Review and appeal
A person subject to an enforcement action may request one review by emailing hello@elixpo.com with the original decision and the specific factual or procedural issue they believe should be reconsidered. Where possible, a maintainer who did not make the original decision will conduct the review. An appeal is not a venue to contact or challenge the reporter.
Elixpo may retain a limited private record of reports and outcomes for safety, consistency, and accountability. Public transparency reports, if any, will not intentionally identify affected people.
Attribution
This Code of Conduct is adapted from the Contributor Covenant, version 2.1. Community Impact Guidelines were inspired by Mozilla's code of conduct enforcement ladder.