On Fri, Jul 27, 2018 at 10:02 PM, Stefan van der Walt <stefanv@berkeley.edu> wrote:

Hi everyone,

A while ago, SciPy (the library) adopted its Code of Conduct:
https://docs.scipy.org/doc/scipy/reference/dev/conduct/code_of_conduct.html

We worked hard to make that document friendly, while at the same time
stating clearly the kinds of behavior that would and would not be
tolerated.

I propose that we adopt the SciPy code of conduct for NumPy as well.  It
is a good way to signal to newcomers that this is a community that cares
about how people are treated.  And I think we should do anything in our
power to make NumPy as attractive as possible!

Maybe a bit of context: the SciPy code of conduct had quite a lot of discussion, and importantly in the end everyone involved in the discussion was happy with (or at least not displeased by) the final document. Hence I see it as a good document to adopt also by other projects.

And here's what I wrote as the intro for that CoC discussion:

As you probably know, Code of Conduct (CoC) documents are becoming more common every year for open source projects, and there are a number of good reasons to adopt a CoC:
1. It gives us the opportunity to explicitly express the values and behaviors we'd like to see in our community.
2. It is designed to make everyone feel welcome (and while I think we're a welcoming community anyway, not having a CoC may look explicitly unwelcoming to some potential contributors nowadays).
3. It gives us a tool to address a set of problems if and when they occur, as well as a way for anyone to report issues or behavior that is unacceptable to them (much better than having those people potentially leave the community).
4. SciPy is not yet a fiscally sponsored project of NumFOCUS, however I think we'd like to be in the near future.  NumFOCUS has started to require having a CoC as a prerequisite for new projects joining it.  The PSF has the same requirement for any sponsorship for events/projects that it gives.

Note on (4): NumPy is a sponsored project of NumFOCUS, and I've been asked several times how it can be that NumPy is sponsored but does not have a CoC.

Cheers,

Ralf