Code of Conduct

Overview

This Code of Conduct presents a vision of the shared values and thinking in the VideoLAN community.

In short:

• Be considerate and respectful
• Be collaborative
• Be pragmatic and concise
• Ask if you don't know, share if you know
• Be inclusive
• Be patient

Specific medium

Mailing lists

When using the VideoLAN mailing lists, please follow these rules:

• The mailing lists exist to foster the development and use of VideoLAN. Non-constructive or off-topic messages, along with other abuses, are not welcome.
• Do not send spam.
• Send all of your e-mails in English. Only use other languages on mailing lists where that is explicitly allowed (e.g. French on debian-user-french).
• Make sure that you are using the proper list. In particular, don't send user-related questions to developer-related mailing lists.
• Wrap your lines at 80 characters or less for ordinary discussion. Lines longer than 80 characters are acceptable for computer-generated output (e.g., ls -l).
• Do not top-post, unless it makes sense.
• Never send your messages in HTML-only; use plain text instead.
• Avoid sending large attachments. Attachments over 65k are usually moderated.
• Do not send automated "out-of-office" or "vacation" messages.
• Do not send "test" messages to determine whether your mail client is working. We have a test mailing list for that.
• Do not send subscription or unsubscription requests to the list address itself; use the respective -request address instead.
• Do not quote messages that were sent to you by other people in private mail, unless agreed beforehand.
• When replying to messages on the mailing list, do not send a carbon copy (CC) to the original poster unless they explicitly request to be copied.
• If you want to complain to someone, do it privately.
• If you send messages to lists to which you are not subscribed, always note that fact in the body of your message.
• Do not use foul language.
• Try not to flame; it is not polite.
• Use common sense all the time.

IRC

When using the VideoLAN IRC channels, please follow these rules:

• Speak in English.
• Never send your messages in colors; use plain text instead.