coc: Update Code of Conduct to latest Contributor Covenant

## Our Pledge

In the interest of fostering an open and welcoming environment, we as

contributors and maintainers pledge to making participation in our project and

our community a harassment-free experience for everyone, regardless of age, body

size, disability, ethnicity, sex characteristics, gender identity and expression,

level of experience, education, socio-economic status, nationality, personal

appearance, race, religion, or sexual identity and orientation.

We as members, contributors, and leaders pledge to make participation in our

community a harassment-free experience for everyone, regardless of age, body

size, visible or invisible disability, ethnicity, sex characteristics, gender

identity and expression, level of experience, education, socio-economic status,

nationality, personal appearance, race, caste, color, religion, or sexual

identity and orientation.

We pledge to act and interact in ways that contribute to an open, welcoming,

diverse, inclusive, and healthy community.

## Our Standards

Examples of behavior that contributes to creating a positive environment

include:

Examples of behavior that contributes to a positive environment for our

community include:

* Using welcoming and inclusive language

* Being respectful of differing viewpoints and experiences

* Gracefully accepting constructive criticism

* Focusing on what is best for the community

* Showing empathy towards other community members

* 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 by participants include:

Examples of unacceptable behavior include:

* The use of sexualized language or imagery and unwelcome sexual attention or

 advances

* Trolling, insulting/derogatory comments, and personal or political attacks

* The use of sexualized language or imagery, and sexual attention or advances of

  any kind

* Trolling, insulting or derogatory comments, and personal or political attacks

* Public or private harassment

* Publishing others' private information, such as a physical or electronic

 address, without explicit permission

* Publishing others' private information, such as a physical or email address,

  without their explicit permission

* Other conduct which could reasonably be considered inappropriate in a

  professional setting

## Our Responsibilities

## Enforcement Responsibilities

Project maintainers are responsible for clarifying the standards of acceptable

behavior and are expected to take appropriate and fair corrective action in

response to any instances of unacceptable behavior.

Community leaders 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.

Project maintainers 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 Code of Conduct, or to ban temporarily or

permanently any contributor for other behaviors that they deem inappropriate,

threatening, offensive, or harmful.

Community leaders 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 Code of Conduct, and will communicate reasons for moderation

decisions when appropriate.

## Scope

This Code of Conduct applies both within project spaces and in public spaces

when an individual is representing the project or its community. Examples of

representing a project or community include using an official project e-mail

address, posting via an official social media account, or acting as an appointed

representative at an online or offline event. Representation of a project may be

further defined and clarified by project maintainers.

This Code of Conduct applies within all community spaces, and also applies when

an individual is officially representing the community in public spaces.

Examples of representing our community 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 abusive, harassing, or otherwise unacceptable behavior may be

reported by contacting the project team at conduct@zephyrproject.org.

Reports will be received by Kate Stewart (Linux Foundation) and Amy Occhialino

(Intel). All complaints will be reviewed and investigated, and will result in a

response that is deemed necessary and appropriate to the circumstances. The

project team is obligated to maintain confidentiality with regard to the

reporter of an incident.  Further details of specific enforcement policies may

be posted separately.

Project maintainers who do not follow or enforce the Code of Conduct in good

faith may face temporary or permanent repercussions as determined by other

members of the project's leadership.

reported to the community leaders responsible for enforcement at

conduct@zephyrproject.org. Reports will be received by the Chair of the Zephyr

Governing Board, the Zephyr Project Director (Linux Foundation), and the Zephyr

Project Developer Advocate (Linux Foundation). You may refer to the [Governing

Board](https://zephyrproject.org/governing-board/) and [Linux Foundation

Staff](https://zephyrproject.org/staff/) web pages to identify who are the

individuals currently holding these positions.

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][homepage], version 1.4,

available at https://www.contributor-covenant.org/version/1/4/code-of-conduct.html

This Code of Conduct is adapted from the [Contributor Covenant][homepage],

version 2.1, available at

[https://www.contributor-covenant.org/version/2/1/code_of_conduct.html][v2.1].

The only changes made by The Zephyr Project to the original document were to

make explicit who the recipients of Code of Conduct incident reports are.

[homepage]: https://www.contributor-covenant.org

Community Impact Guidelines were inspired by

[Mozilla's code of conduct enforcement ladder][Mozilla CoC].

For answers to common questions about this code of conduct, see

https://www.contributor-covenant.org/faq

For answers to common questions about this code of conduct, see the FAQ at

[https://www.contributor-covenant.org/faq][FAQ]. Translations are available at

[https://www.contributor-covenant.org/translations][translations].

[homepage]: https://www.contributor-covenant.org

[v2.1]: https://www.contributor-covenant.org/version/2/1/code_of_conduct.html

[Mozilla CoC]: https://github.com/mozilla/diversity

[FAQ]: https://www.contributor-covenant.org/faq

[translations]: https://www.contributor-covenant.org/translations