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  NOTE TO EDITORS
  This file is a copy of the ASDF-format organization wide
  code of conduct: https://github.com/asdf-format/.github/blob/main/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
  This file should be kept in sync

ASDF-format Open Source Code of Conduct
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We expect all “ASDF-format” organization projects to adopt a code of
conduct that ensures a productive, respectful environment for all open
source contributors and participants. We are committed to providing a
strong and enforced code of conduct and expect everyone in our community
to follow these guidelines when interacting with others in all forums.
Our goal is to keep ours a positive, inclusive, successful, and growing
community. The community of participants in open source Astronomy
projects is made up of members from around the globe with a diverse set
of skills, personalities, and experiences. It is through these
differences that our community experiences success and continued growth.

As members of the community,

-  We pledge to treat all people with respect and provide a harassment-
   and bullying-free environment, regardless of sex, sexual orientation
   and/or gender identity, disability, physical appearance, body size,
   race, nationality, ethnicity, and religion. In particular, sexual
   language and imagery, sexist, racist, or otherwise exclusionary jokes
   are not appropriate.

-  We pledge to respect the work of others by recognizing
   acknowledgment/citation requests of original authors. As authors, we
   pledge to be explicit about how we want our own work to be cited or
   acknowledged.

-  We pledge to welcome those interested in joining the community, and
   realize that including people with a variety of opinions and
   backgrounds will only serve to enrich our community. In particular,
   discussions relating to pros/cons of various technologies,
   programming languages, and so on are welcome, but these should be
   done with respect, taking proactive measure to ensure that all
   participants are heard and feel confident that they can freely
   express their opinions.

-  We pledge to welcome questions and answer them respectfully, paying
   particular attention to those new to the community. We pledge to
   provide respectful criticisms and feedback in forums, especially in
   discussion threads resulting from code contributions.

-  We pledge to be conscientious of the perceptions of the wider
   community and to respond to criticism respectfully. We will strive to
   model behaviors that encourage productive debate and disagreement,
   both within our community and where we are criticized. We will treat
   those outside our community with the same respect as people within
   our community.

-  We pledge to help the entire community follow the code of conduct,
   and to not remain silent when we see violations of the code of
   conduct. We will take action when members of our community violate
   this code such as such as contacting conduct@stsci.edu (all emails
   sent to this address will be treated with the strictest confidence)
   or talking privately with the person.

This code of conduct applies to all community situations online and
offline, including mailing lists, forums, social media, conferences,
meetings, associated social events, and one-to-one interactions.

Parts of this code of conduct have been adapted from the
Astropy: http://www.astropy.org/code_of_conduct.html and
Numfocus: https://www.numfocus.org/about/code-of-conduct codes of
conduct.
