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@@ -7,38 +7,26 @@ and thank you for your interest in it. This project is brought to you with the
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hope that it will be useful to you, but without any warranty whatsoever. Please
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read the LICENSE for more details about this.
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-We welcome and appreciate contributions from everybody. By contributions we mean
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-code, documentation, art work, project outreach in form of setting up
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-conferences or working groups, package maintenance, answering and asking
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-questions in our forums, providing bug reports, or any other other material
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-or work to advance the goals of this project. If you contribute to our project,
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-then we will do our best to seriously consider your opinions and concerns.
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-
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-No matter who you are, no matter where you are from, and no matter your opinions
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-on any topic, we will welcome your contributions to this project as long as they
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-are compatible with the project's goals and license. The goals of this project
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-are described in a GOALS file, or in other design documents specified by the
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-maintainer(s).
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-
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-If you are new to this project, even if you lack experience, we would like to
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-encourage you to participate. But, you will need to invest some time and effort
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-yourself to get to know the project, to learn it's goals and to learn how to
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-make a useful contribution.
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-
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-## How to participate in this project
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-
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-We want everyone entering our community willing to help out to feel welcomed.
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-To maintain and encourage a welcoming environment we ask of everyone
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-involved in the project to follow these general guidelines:
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+We welcome contributions from everybody. No matter who you are,
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+no matter where you are from, and no matter your opinions on any topic, we
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+appreciate your contributions to this project as long as they are compatible
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+with the project's goals as per GOALS.md and license as per LICENSE.
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+
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+## How to play fair
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+
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+We want to give everyone a fair opportunity to contribute to this project.
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+To maintain and encourage a fair environment we ask of everyone
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+involved in the project to try to follow these general guidelines when
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+contributing:
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1. Everyone should try to stay on topic. Please refrain from posting SPAM,
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-trolling, irrelevant discussions, other off topic material.
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+ trolling, irrelevant discussions, other off topic material.
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2. Everyone should try to behave like a reasonable adult. Please refrain
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-from personal attacks, dog piling, bullying or other similar activities.
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+ from personal attacks, dog piling, bullying or other similar activities.
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3. Keep the project goals in mind. Please refrain from demands to change the
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-goals if you are not a maintainer.
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+ goals if you are not a maintainer.
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When the project maintainer(s) consider it necessary, any contribution or
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participation in the project that violates these guidelines may be removed or
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@@ -46,62 +34,37 @@ edited. At the discretion of the maintainer(s), someone who maliciously or,
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after having been warned repeatedly, keeps on disregarding these guidelines,
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may be temporarily or permanently banned from contributing to the project.
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-Naturally, these guidelines only apply within the context of the project.
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+Naturally, these guidelines only apply within the context of the project itself.
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It is not our role to judge your behavior that is not directly related to
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-the project. The maintainer(s) of this project will not apply any
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-in project sanction on the pretext of your unrelated behavior.
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-We do this because would like to welcome anyone, even people with unpopular
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-opinions.
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+the project. The maintainer(s) of this project will may apply project
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+related sanctions only for your behavior when contributing. We do this because
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+would like to welcome anyone, even people with unpopular opinions.
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The maintainer(s) of this project will do their best to follow these guidelines
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themselves also, but since they rightfully own the project, they cannot be
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-banned.
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-
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-These guidelines are in no way a substitute for the laws of your country, which
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-you should already obey anyway.
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+banned from it.
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## What to do in case of problems
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If you feel that you or your contribution are not being treated fairly,
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if you feel concerned about your personal safety, or if someone is engaged in
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-illegal behavior, contact the maintainer(s) of this project at <contact >.
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-We will do our best to remedy the situation and respect your privacy.
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-
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-## How to contribute
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-
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-When you want make a contribution the maintainer(s) of this project or someone
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-appointed by them will perform a review. We would like to let you know that we
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-will do our best to review your contributions fairly, and only take into
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-consideration relevant factors, such as compatibility with the goals of the
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-project, the absence of technical errors, practical advantages, ....
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-
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-The review process may be quite intense and severely critical, but the goal of
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-the review is to improve your contribution so it can be integrated into the
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-project without problems. We will do our best to focus our criticism on the
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-contribution itself.
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-
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-## How to become a maintainer
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-
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-When it comes to the goals of this project, your suggestions are most welcome.
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-But it is important to know that goals of this project are decided by this
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-project's maintainer(s). By virtue of the time and effort they put in this
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-project, they have earned the privilege of defining the project's goals.
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-
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-If you are interested in becoming a maintainer, we ask to please contact
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-the current maintainer(s) to ask them how to achieve this. If so inclined, you
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-may also fork this project and become the maintainer of that fork
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-to develop it according to your own goals.
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+illegal behavior, contact the maintainer(s) of this project at beoran@gmail.com.
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+We will do our best to remedy the situation.
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## DISCLAIMER
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With this text, we hope to welcome you to this project, however, it is merely
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a statement of intent to inform you of how we wish to run this project.
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It is in no way legally binding for anyone involved in the project.
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-This FLOSS project run by volunteers, so we do not always have the resources to
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-answer you or to help you in case of problems. We can only implement this
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-statement of intent on a best effort basis. We cannot guarantee that we will be
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-able to uphold the guidleines set out in this text. Therefore, your
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-participation to this project is subject to the following disclaimer:
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+This FLOSS project is run by volunteers, so we do not always have the resources
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+to answer you or to help you in case of problems.
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+
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+We can only implement this statement of intent on a best effort basis. We cannot
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+guarantee that we will be able to uphold the guidleines set out in this text.
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+Unfortunately, in this day and age it is neccesary to make it amply clear that
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+we cannot be held reponsible if something goes awry despite our good intentions.
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+Therefore, your participation to this project is subject to the following
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+disclaimer:
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YOUR PARTICIPATION IN THIS PROJECT IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED
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WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
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@@ -109,9 +72,10 @@ MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT,
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ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE MAINTAINER(S) AND CONTRIBUTOR(S) OF THIS
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PROJECT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY,
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OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, LOSS OF GOODWILL,
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-PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS;
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-OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER
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-IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGECE OR OTHERWISE)
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-ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF YOUR PARTICIPATION IN THIS PROJECT, YOUR FAILURE,
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-OR YOUR BEING REJECTED FROM PARTICIPATION IT, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY
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-OF SUCH DAMAGE.
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+LOSS OF REPUTATION, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
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+DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY
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+OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING
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+NEGLIGECE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF YOUR PARTICIPATION IN THIS
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+PROJECT, YOUR FAILURE TO PARTICIPATE IN IT, OR YOUR BEING REJECTED FROM
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+PARTICIPATION IN IT, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
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