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= Code of Conduct
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NOTE: As of Feb 2023, "`RESPONSE TEAM`" and "`LEADERSHIP TEAM`" in the text
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that follows both refer to me, Daniel Barlow, as the project leader.
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Liminix is dedicated to providing a harassment-free experience for
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everyone. We do not tolerate harassment of participants in any form.
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This code of conduct applies to all Liminix spaces, including the IRC
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channel, mailing lists, and other forums, both online and off. Anyone
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who violates this code of conduct may be sanctioned or expelled from
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these spaces at the discretion of the RESPONSE TEAM.
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Some Liminix spaces may have additional rules in place, which will be
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made clearly available to participants. Participants are responsible for
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knowing and abiding by these rules.
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Harassment includes:
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* Offensive comments related to gender, gender identity and expression,
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sexual orientation, disability, mental illness, neuro(a)typicality,
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physical appearance, body size, age, race, or religion.
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* Unwelcome comments regarding a person’s lifestyle choices and
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practices, including those related to food, health, parenting, drugs,
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and employment.
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* Deliberate misgendering or use of '`dead`' or rejected names.
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* Gratuitous or off-topic sexual images or behaviour in spaces where
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they’re not appropriate.
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* Physical contact and simulated physical contact (eg, textual
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descriptions like "`__hug__`" or "`__backrub__`") without consent or
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after a request to stop.
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* Threats of violence.
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* Incitement of violence towards any individual, including encouraging a
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person to commit suicide or to engage in self-harm.
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* Deliberate intimidation.
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* Stalking or following.
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* Harassing photography or recording, including logging online activity
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for harassment purposes.
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* Sustained disruption of discussion.
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* Unwelcome sexual attention.
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* Pattern of inappropriate social contact, such as requesting/assuming
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inappropriate levels of intimacy with others
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* Continued one-on-one communication after requests to cease.
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* Deliberate "`outing`" of any aspect of a person’s identity without
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their consent except as necessary to protect vulnerable people from
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intentional abuse.
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* Publication of non-harassing private communication.
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Liminix prioritizes marginalized people’s safety over privileged
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people’s comfort. RESPONSE TEAM reserves the right not to act on
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complaints regarding:
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* '`Reverse`' -isms, including '`reverse racism,`' '`reverse sexism,`'
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and '`cisphobia`'
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* Reasonable communication of boundaries, such as "`leave me alone,`"
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"`go away,`" or "`I’m not discussing this with you.`"
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* Communicating in a '`tone`' you don’t find congenial
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* Criticizing racist, sexist, cissexist, or otherwise oppressive
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behavior or assumptions
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== Reporting
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If you are being harassed by a member of Liminix, notice that someone
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else is being harassed, or have any other concerns, please contact the
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RESPONSE TEAM at [email address or other contact point]. If the person
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who is harassing you is on the team, they will recuse themselves from
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handling your incident. We will respond as promptly as we can.
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This code of conduct applies to Liminix spaces, but if you are being
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harassed by a member of Liminix outside our spaces, we still want to
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know about it. We will take all good-faith reports of harassment by
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Liminix members, especially LEADERSHIP TEAM, seriously. This includes
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harassment outside our spaces and harassment that took place at any
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point in time. The abuse team reserves the right to exclude people from
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Liminix based on their past behavior, including behavior outside Liminix
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spaces and behavior towards people who are not in Liminix.
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In order to protect volunteers from abuse and burnout, we reserve the
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right to reject any report we believe to have been made in bad faith.
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Reports intended to silence legitimate criticism may be deleted without
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response.
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We will respect confidentiality requests for the purpose of protecting
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victims of abuse. At our discretion, we may publicly name a person about
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whom we’ve received harassment complaints, or privately warn third
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parties about them, if we believe that doing so will increase the safety
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of Liminix members or the general public. We will not name harassment
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victims without their affirmative consent.
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== Consequences
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Participants asked to stop any harassing behavior are expected to comply
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immediately.
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If a participant engages in harassing behavior, RESPONSE TEAM may take
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any action they deem appropriate, up to and including expulsion from all
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Liminix spaces and identification of the participant as a harasser to
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other Liminix members or the general public.
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== License and attribution
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The policy is based on the Geek Feminism
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https://geekfeminism.fandom.com/wiki/Community_anti-harassment/Policy[Community
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anti-harassment/Policy] and is the work of Annalee Flower Horne with
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assistance from Valerie Aurora, Alex Skud Bayley, Tim Chevalier, and
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Mary Gardiner.
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