Commit 26e54448 authored by Kristen Carlson Accardi's avatar Kristen Carlson Accardi Committed by Jonathan Corbet

Documentation/CoC: Reflect current CoC interpretation and practices

The Code of Conduct interpretation does not reflect the current
practices of the CoC committee or the TAB. Update the documentation
to remove references to initial committees and boot strap periods
since it is past that time, and note that the this document
does serve as the documentation for the CoC committee processes.
Signed-off-by: default avatarKristen Carlson Accardi <kristen@linux.intel.com>
Reviewed-by: default avatarShuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org>
Reviewed-by: default avatarGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220926211149.2278214-1-kristen@linux.intel.comSigned-off-by: default avatarJonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
parent 679b4bc2
......@@ -127,10 +127,12 @@ are listed at https://kernel.org/code-of-conduct.html. Members can not
access reports made before they joined or after they have left the
committee.
The initial Code of Conduct Committee consists of volunteer members of
the TAB, as well as a professional mediator acting as a neutral third
party. The first task of the committee is to establish documented
processes, which will be made public.
The Code of Conduct Committee consists of volunteer community members
appointed by the TAB, as well as a professional mediator acting as a
neutral third party. The processes the Code of Conduct committee will
use to address reports is varied and will depend on the individual
circumstance, however, this file serves as documentation for the
general process used.
Any member of the committee, including the mediator, can be contacted
directly if a reporter does not wish to include the full committee in a
......@@ -141,16 +143,16 @@ processes (see above) and consults with the TAB as needed and
appropriate, for instance to request and receive information about the
kernel community.
Any decisions by the committee will be brought to the TAB, for
implementation of enforcement with the relevant maintainers if needed.
A decision by the Code of Conduct Committee can be overturned by the TAB
by a two-thirds vote.
Any decisions regarding enforcement recommendations will be brought to
the TAB for implementation of enforcement with the relevant maintainers
if needed. A decision by the Code of Conduct Committee can be overturned
by the TAB by a two-thirds vote.
At quarterly intervals, the Code of Conduct Committee and TAB will
provide a report summarizing the anonymised reports that the Code of
Conduct committee has received and their status, as well details of any
overridden decisions including complete and identifiable voting details.
We expect to establish a different process for Code of Conduct Committee
staffing beyond the bootstrap period. This document will be updated
with that information when this occurs.
Because how we interpret and enforce the Code of Conduct will evolve over
time, this document will be updated when necessary to reflect any
changes.
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