Code of Conduct

Pledge

As members, contributors, and leaders, we pledge to make participation in the Irbis community an open, friendly, and productive experience for everyone, regardless of background or personal differences.

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:

• The use of sexualized language or imagery, and sexual attention or advances of any kind.
• Trolling, insulting or derogatory comments, and personal attacks.
• Public or private harassment.
• Publishing others’ private information, such as a physical or email address, without their explicit permission.
• Making someone feel unwelcome by implying a lack of technical abilities.
• Using community spaces to share marketing or other commercial content for other projects.
• Other conduct which could reasonably be considered inappropriate in a professional setting.

AI Policy

Code contributions

AI use is permitted for source code contributions. However, one principle we ask you to adhere to is to only submit code that you could reasonably have written yourself. That means:

1. You fully understand the underlying technologies, including programming languages, frameworks, tools, etc.
2. You completely understand the context, including the issue you’re working on and the surrounding code.
3. You could reasonably have arrived at roughly the same solution your AI tool did, given enough time.
4. You have read every line of code in your changes and are able to explain what it does and how it interacts with the overall system.
5. You can address feedback (e.g. PR comments) by manually editing the code if your AI tool is unable to assist.

In short: don’t vibe-code. Use AI as a tool, not a substitute for thought.

Code quality

We care deeply about code quality. In addition to other obvious reasons, our codebases must stay understandable and maintainable for people who, for one reason or another, are unable or unwilling to use AI tools.

AI tools tend to produce code that’s functional but suboptimal in terms of quality. This includes redundant auxiliary data structures and functions, verbose comments, and poor adherence to the DRY principle.

You are fully expected to review every line of code your AI tool has generated, and correct any shortcomings in code quality.

Human-to-human communication

AI use for human-to-human communication is forbidden, except for light proofreading. This includes:

• GitHub Issues and Discussions
• Git commit messages and GitHub PR descriptions
• Documentation articles
• Messages in community forums

Any imperfect human-authored text is preferable to AI-generated text. The communication around this project is functional and concerns practical matters, so there’s no need for verbose language, complex phrasing, or fancy formatting. What matters is your thinking and intent, and no AI tool is able to faithfully translate that into text.

This is also why AI use is forbidden for Git commits and PR descriptions – these should capture your thinking process, not your AI tool’s interpretation of it.

Proofreading is exempt from this rule, but please avoid verbose word soup.

Scope

This Code of Conduct applies within all Irbis community spaces, and also applies when an individual is officially representing the community in public spaces. Examples include using an official e-mail address, posting via an official social media account, or acting as an appointed representative at an online or offline event.

Enforcement

Instances of unacceptable behavior may be reported to the community leaders responsible for enforcement at community@irbis.sh.

All complaints will be reviewed and investigated promptly and fairly.

All community leaders are obligated to respect the privacy and security of the reporter of any incident.

Enforcement Guidelines

Community leaders will follow these Community Impact Guidelines in determining the consequences for any action they deem in violation of this Code of Conduct:

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 the 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.

Attribution

This Code of Conduct is adapted from the Contributor Covenant, version 2.0, available at Contributor Covenant.