The OpenTelemetry project aims to be a welcoming place where new and existing members feel safe to respectfully share their opinions and disagreements. We want to attract a diverse group of people to collaborate with us, which means acknowledging that people come from different backgrounds and cultures.
This project is bound by and abides by the CNCF Code of Conduct. Conflicts should be resolved respectfully between the involved parties, however we understand that it may not always be possible without outside help or mediation. When needed, any community member can ask for help or report a Code of Conduct violation to the Governance Committee as outlined below. The project prefers for violations to be reported first to the Governance Committee so that they may be resolved internally, however, in extreme cases code of conduct violations should be reported to the CNCF as outlined in the CNCF Incident Resolution Procedures. Anyone who is unsure if a violation should be reported to the project or the CNCF should refer to the CNCF CoC Jurisdiction Policy.
If you have seen or experienced unacceptable behavior or anything that would make our community less welcoming, please speak up!
When the Governance Committee (GC) determines that a code of conduct violation happened, it will take the actions deemed necessary and appropriate for the event. In more serious cases, the community member might be requested to depart from our communities, giving up any roles they may possess, such as the maintainership of a SIG. In extreme cases, the GC can force the departure of the member.
To report a violation in writing, please email cncf-opentelemetry-governance@lists.cncf.io, which goes to all GC members. If you do not want your report to be received by all GC members, either because you want to submit a report anonymously or because one of the GC members has a conflict of interest, you may send your report directly to any individual GC member. The current list of members can be found on our community repository, and you can ping any of them directly on CNCF’s Slack
If you prefer to report the violation in a spoken conversation, you may request a telephone conversation or virtual meeting with a GC member.
If you desire to submit a report anonymously, please send a message directly to any individual member of our GC through the CNCF Slack and let them know you would like to submit a Code of Conduct report anonymously. If you submit your report anonymously, that member of the GC will share the contents of your report with the rest of the GC, but they will not disclose your identity as the reporter to the other members of the GC (unless such disclosure is necessary to comply with applicable laws or a court order, or to protect you or someone else from imminent danger).