5. GitHub Acceptable Use Policies - additional
This document outlines GitHub's acceptable use policies, detailing prohibited behaviors such as bullying, harassment, doxxing, hate speech, impersonation, misinformation, sexually obscene content, and threats of violence. It serves as a guide for users on how to engage respectfully and safely within the platform's community. The policy emphasizes the importance of recognizing how behavior affects others and maintaining productive interactions.
GitHub Bullying and Harassment
We do not tolerate harassment, bullying, or abuse of any kind, whether directly or by encouraging others to take part in the prohibited conduct. This includes:
Targeted personal attacks
Piling on to or orchestrating disruptive activity in a way that amounts to abuse
Following another user around the platform in a manner that causes intimidation
Making sexual advances or comments directed at another individual
Disingenuously participating in conversation in a way that instigates conflict or undermines sincere discussion
Creating alternative accounts specifically to evade moderation action taken by GitHub staff or users
Please note, not all unwelcome conduct is necessarily considered harassment. For example, disagreeing with another user or downvoting their comments may not rise to the level of harassment on our platform. In addition, sharing criticism of public figures or projects, or topics of public interest, does not necessarily fall under this policy. However, we encourage you to be mindful in how you engage with other users and the platform, as this activity may still violate our restriction on disrupting the experience of other users.
GitHub Disrupting the Experience of Other Users
Being part of a community includes recognizing how your behavior affects others and engaging in meaningful and productive interactions with people and the platform they rely on.
We do not allow behavior that significantly or continually disrupts the experience of other users. This includes:
Posting off-topic comments
Opening empty or meaningless issues or pull requests
Starring and/or following accounts or repositories in large volume in a short period of time
Creating nonsensical or irrelevant code reviews
Engaging with platform features in a way that causes excessive notifications for other users
Using any other platform feature in a way that creates disruption
While we encourage maintainers to moderate their own projects on an individual basis, GitHub staff may take further restrictive action against accounts that are engaging in these types of behaviors.
Please note that the above conduct may also violate other restrictions in our Acceptable Use Policies. For example, depending on the nature and severity of the activity, it may rise to the level of bullying and harassment.
GitHub Doxxing and Invasion of Privacy
Don't post other people's personal information. This includes:
Personal, private email addresses
Phone numbers
Physical addresses or other private location information
Bank account information or credit card numbers
Social Security/National Identity numbers
Passwords
Voter information
Medical information and personal biometric data
Other private information that may pose a safety or security risk
We may consider other information, such as photos or videos that were taken or distributed without the subject's consent, to be an invasion of privacy, especially when such material presents a safety risk to the subject, such as in the case of intimidation or harassment.
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