Project Requires a Code of Conduct

[ssteinbuss]

To maintain a healthy, welcoming, and respectful environment within our community, it is essential that we establish a Code of Conduct. A Code of Conduct outlines our expectations for participant behavior as well as the consequences for unacceptable behavior.

I recommend that we adopt the Eclipse Code of Conduct for our project. The Eclipse Code of Conduct is well-established, comprehensive, and aligns well with our community values.

Proposed Solution:

Adopt the Eclipse Code of Conduct: You can find the full text of the Eclipse Code of Conduct here. We should review this document and agree to adopt it for our project.

Create a CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md file: Once we agree on adopting the Eclipse Code of Conduct, we should create a CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md file in the root directory of our repository and include the full text of the Eclipse Code of Conduct in this file.

Update the repository documentation: We should update our README and CONTRIBUTING documents to reference and link to our new Code of Conduct.

Benefits:

• Ensures a welcoming and inclusive environment for all contributors.
• Clearly communicates our community expectations and standards.
• Provides a mechanism for reporting and addressing violations of the Code of Conduct.

Action Items:

• [x] Review the Eclipse Code of Conduct.
• [x] Discuss and agree on its adoption for our project.
• [x] Create and commit the CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md file with the adopted text.
• [ ] Update the repository documentation to reference the Code of Conduct.

[juliapampus]

and include the full text of the Eclipse Code of Conduct in this file

I would just link to the text of the Eclipse Code of Conduct to avoid duplication. See here for a sample text.

[ssteinbuss]

Avoiding duplication is a fair point. On the other side, the project shall meet the community standards, which are measured automatically, by the existence of a Code of Conduct file and not by linking to on. Therefore, I would propose to create a Code of Conduct file based on the Eclipse Code of Conduct to ease our lives.