tailscale/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md

Tailscale Community Code of Conduct

Our Pledge

We are committed to creating an open, welcoming, diverse, inclusive, healthy and respectful community. Unacceptable, harmful and inappropriate behavior will not be tolerated.

Our Standards

Examples of behavior that contributes to a positive environment for our community include:

• Demonstrating empathy and kindness toward other people.
• Being respectful of differing opinions, viewpoints, and experiences.
• Giving and gracefully accepting constructive feedback.
• Accepting responsibility and apologizing to those affected by our mistakes, and learning from the experience.
• Focusing on what is best not just for us as individuals, but for the overall community.

Examples of unacceptable behavior include without limitation:

• The use of language, imagery or emojis (collectively "content") that is racist, sexist, homophobic, transphobic, or otherwise harassing or discriminatory based on any protected characteristic.
• The use of sexualized content and sexual attention or advances of any kind.
• The use of violent, intimidating or bullying content.
• Trolling, concern trolling, insulting or derogatory comments, and personal or political attacks.
• Public or private harassment.
• Publishing others' personal information, such as a photo, physical address, email address, online profile information, or other personal information, without their explicit permission or with the intent to bully or harass the other person.
• Posting deep fake or other AI generated content about or involving another person without the explicit permission.
• Spamming community channels and members, such as sending repeat messages, low-effort content, or automated messages.
• Phishing or any similar activity.
• Distributing or promoting malware.
• The use of any coded or suggestive content to hide or provoke otherwise unacceptable behavior.
• Other conduct which could reasonably be considered harmful, illegal, or inappropriate in a professional setting.

Please also see the Tailscale Acceptable Use Policy, available at tailscale.com/tailscale-aup.

Reporting Incidents

Instances of abusive, harassing, or otherwise unacceptable behavior may be reported to Tailscale directly via [email protected], or to the community leaders or moderators via DM or similar. All complaints will be reviewed and investigated promptly and fairly. We will respect the privacy and safety of the reporter of any issues.

Please note that this community is not moderated by staff 24/7, and we do not have, and do not undertake, any obligation to prescreen, monitor, edit, or remove any content or data, or to actively seek facts or circumstances indicating illegal activity. While we strive to keep the community safe and welcoming, moderation may not be immediate at all hours. If you encounter any issues, report them using the appropriate channels.

Enforcement Guidelines

Community leaders and moderators are responsible for clarifying and enforcing our standards of acceptable behavior and will take appropriate and fair corrective action in response to any behavior that they deem inappropriate, threatening, offensive, or harmful.

Community leaders and moderators have the right and responsibility to remove, edit, or reject comments, commits, code, wiki edits, issues, and other contributions that are not aligned to this Community Code of Conduct. Tailscale retains full discretion to take action (or not) in response to a violation of these guidelines with or without notice or liability to you. We will interpret our policies and resolve disputes in favor of protecting users, customers, the public, our community and our company, as a whole.

Community leaders will follow these community enforcement guidelines in determining the consequences for any action they deem in violation of this Code of Conduct, and retain full discretion to apply the enforcement guidelines as necessary depending on the circumstances:

1. Correction

Community Impact: Use of inappropriate language or other behavior deemed unprofessional or unwelcome in the community.

Consequence: A private, written warning from community leaders, providing clarity around the nature of the violation and an explanation of why the behavior was inappropriate. A public apology may be requested.

2. Warning

Community Impact: A violation through a single incident or series of actions.

Consequence: A warning with consequences for continued behavior. No interaction with the people involved, including unsolicited interaction with those enforcing this Community Code of Conduct, for a specified period of time. This includes avoiding interactions in community spaces as well as external channels like social media. Violating these terms may lead to a temporary or permanent ban.

3. Temporary Ban

Community Impact: A serious violation of community standards, including sustained inappropriate behavior.

Consequence: A temporary ban from any sort of interaction or public communication with the community for a specified period of time. No public or private interaction with the people involved, including unsolicited interaction with those enforcing the Code of Conduct, is allowed during this period. Violating these terms may lead to a permanent ban.

4. Permanent Ban

Community Impact: Demonstrating a pattern of violation of community standards, including sustained inappropriate behavior, harassment of an individual, or aggression toward or disparagement of classes of individuals.

Consequence: A permanent ban from any sort of public interaction within the community.

Acceptable Use Policy

Violation of this Community Code of Conduct may also violate the Tailscale Acceptable Use Policy, which may result in suspension or termination of your Tailscale account. For more information, please see the Tailscale Acceptable Use Policy, available at tailscale.com/tailscale-aup.

Privacy

Please see the Tailscale Privacy Policy for more information about how Tailscale collects, uses, discloses and protects information.

Attribution

This Code of Conduct is adapted from the Contributor Covenant, version 2.0, available at https://www.contributor-covenant.org/version/2/0/code_of_conduct.html.

Community Impact Guidelines were inspired by Mozilla's code of conduct enforcement ladder.

For answers to common questions about this code of conduct, see the FAQ at https://www.contributor-covenant.org/faq. Translations are available at https://www.contributor-covenant.org/translations.