1Code of Conflict 2---------------- 3 4The Linux kernel development effort is a very personal process compared 5to "traditional" ways of developing software. Your code and ideas 6behind it will be carefully reviewed, often resulting in critique and 7criticism. The review will almost always require improvements to the 8code before it can be included in the kernel. Know that this happens 9because everyone involved wants to see the best possible solution for 10the overall success of Linux. This development process has been proven 11to create the most robust operating system kernel ever, and we do not 12want to do anything to cause the quality of submission and eventual 13result to ever decrease. 14 15If however, anyone feels personally abused, threatened, or otherwise 16uncomfortable due to this process, that is not acceptable. If so, 17please contact the Linux Foundation's Technical Advisory Board at 18<tab@lists.linux-foundation.org>, or the individual members, and they 19will work to resolve the issue to the best of their ability. For more 20information on who is on the Technical Advisory Board and what their 21role is, please see: 22 http://www.linuxfoundation.org/programs/advisory-councils/tab 23 24As a reviewer of code, please strive to keep things civil and focused on 25the technical issues involved. We are all humans, and frustrations can 26be high on both sides of the process. Try to keep in mind the immortal 27words of Bill and Ted, "Be excellent to each other." 28