PHPFusion Contributor Covenant Code of Conduct
Our community forum is committed to creating a safe and inclusive space where everyone feels welcome to participate. As members, contributors, and leaders, we pledge to uphold the following principles:
- Harassment-free experience: We pledge to make participation in our community a harassment-free experience for everyone, regardless of their age, body size, visible or invisible disability, ethnicity, sex characteristics, gender identity and expression, level of experience, education, socio-economic status, nationality, personal appearance, race, religion, or sexual identity and orientation.
- Open and welcoming: We pledge to act and interact in ways that contribute to an open, welcoming, diverse, inclusive, and healthy community. We value the contributions of every member and strive to create an environment where everyone feels comfortable sharing their ideas and opinions.
- Respectful communication: We pledge to communicate respectfully and professionally with all members of the community. We will avoid language or behavior that could be construed as intimidating, offensive, or discriminatory.
- Confidentiality: We pledge to respect the confidentiality and privacy of other members. We will not disclose personal information without the explicit consent of the individual concerned.
- Mutual support: We pledge to support each other as members of a community. We will extend help and support to those who need it and will not hesitate to ask for help ourselves.
In addition to the previously mentioned code of conduct, please keep in mind the following points when participating in our community forum:
- Respect the time and effort of our Support Crew, Moderators, and Administrators who volunteer their time to help others. Please be patient and understanding if you don't receive an immediate response.
- Please remember that official technical support for PHPFusion is a privilege and not a right. Our software comes with no warranty, and support is at our discretion.
- We cannot provide support to websites or site owners who do not respect our copyright notice. Mutual respect is the foundation of all support we offer.
- PHPFusion is protected under the terms of the AGPL license, which allows us to demand that everyone keeps our copyright notice. We reserve the right to choose whom we wish to provide support to.
- We are committed to helping and supporting those who respect the hard work put into this software. This can be done by keeping our copyright notice or by purchasing a license.
By registering on our website and/or using our services, you agree to abide by this Code of Conduct, our Privacy Policy, and our Terms of Service. Let's work together to maintain a positive and productive community forum.
The community forum
1. Search before posting
Before posting in the forum, search for your question in the forum, as it's possible it has already been answered. Also, read our FAQ and documentation.
2. Use descriptive thread titles
Make sure your thread title is specific to your problem or need. Avoid titles like "Help Me?" or "How do I fix this?" as they may be deleted. A clear title will increase your chances of getting a fast and accurate reply and help maintain a clean forum.
3. Post in the correct forum
Place your thread in the correct forum to make it easier to view and search for. All support questions go in the forum; do not ask for support in private messages.
4. Use proper language Express yourself without using too many capital letters, exclamation marks or SMS-language/shortcuts. All posts should be made in English on the official Main site.
5. Make posts relevant and sensible
Avoid posts that don't give any more explanation or help, such as "Agree" or "This is crap." Read through your post before posting it, and make sure it's relevant to the subject being discussed. Avoid exaggerating the Quote function.
6. No double posting or "bumping"
Do not double post or post in multiple forums or support sites at the same time. Edit your last post if you have something to add. The only exception is when your thread is no longer active.
7. Guidelines for signatures
Font size in your signature should be no larger than the default text size for the forum. Use of large images or animated images is prohibited if they distract from the content. Two images with a maximum size of 50Kb are allowed. The maximum number of lines in your signature is four, with a maximum of four links and no more than four colours.
8. Appropriate avatars
Avatars that are provocative, violent, pornographic, threatening, unlawful, defamatory, infringing, abusive, inflammatory, harassing, vulgar, obscene, fraudulent, invasive or racially provocative will be deleted. Avatars that imitate moderators or administrators will also be deleted.
9. No external downloads
Forum posts with links to external downloads are not allowed. Downloads should be available as attachments in the forums or shared via the Marketplace. Use the Addons Open Testing forum to test your work before sharing it.
Profile fields
You may leave optional fields in your profile blank if you choose to do so. However, if you decide to fill in non-required fields, ensure that the information provided is accurate and pertinent. Do not use "N/A" or "Don't have this" for any reason. When selecting a username, please follow common decency guidelines and refrain from using profanity. Our staff reserves the right to modify any usernames that are deemed inappropriate or that appear as something other than a standard member, as well as any usernames that contain trademarked names or religious or political references. In severe cases, the Management Team may immediately ban, delete, and/or blacklist an offending member without prior notice.
Products based on PHPFusion
We welcome your interest in building your own product using the PHPFusion core. However, it is important to note that PHPFusion serves as the foundation of your product, and any distribution of your modification must include the AGPL copyright and link back to us unless otherwise agreed upon.
Additionally, we ask that you respect our work by advertising your product in a manner that does not compromise the integrity or quality of the PHPFusion core. This is referred to as loyal advertising. While your product may be faster, safer, smaller, or more updated than the core in certain contexts, it is important to note that any changes to the core's features result in different code and behavior. Therefore, it is not possible to directly compare our core to your product.
We have seen several PHPFusion-based products advertised in a friendly manner, and we reserve the right to remove any statements about a PHPFusion-based product that are disloyal to our project. Members who repeatedly violate this policy will be excluded from our communities worldwide and cannot be considered people of good faith.
If you have the necessary skills to improve PHPFusion and are acting in good faith, we would be happy to discuss development-related matters with you. Contact our Management Team to start the conversation, and we appreciate your consideration in helping us.
Credits and Attribution
Please remember to give credit when credit is due. This will not only avoid yourself to go into lengthy discussions for issues with copyright issues, but lets everyone to get a much more constructive solutions and constructive error handling at all times. It is always important to start with a positive feedback. This makes life easier and more enjoyable for all parties.
Enforcement Guidelines
1. Correction
Community Impact: Use of inappropriate language or other behavior deemed unprofessional or unwelcome in the community.
Consequence: A private, written warning from community leaders, providing clarity around the nature of the violation and an explanation of why the behavior was inappropriate. A public apology may be requested.
2. Warning
Community Impact: A violation through a single incident or series of actions.
Consequence: A warning with consequences for continued behavior. No interaction with the people involved, including unsolicited interaction with those enforcing the Code of Conduct, for a specified period of time. This includes avoiding interactions in community spaces as well as external channels like social media. Violating these terms may lead to a temporary or permanent ban.
3. Temporary Ban
Community Impact: A serious violation of community standards, including sustained inappropriate behavior.
Consequence: A temporary ban from any sort of interaction or public communication with the community for a specified period of time. No public or private interaction with the people involved, including unsolicited interaction with those enforcing the Code of Conduct, is allowed during this period. Violating these terms may lead to a permanent ban.
4. Permanent Ban
Community Impact: Demonstrating a pattern of violation of community standards, including sustained inappropriate behavior, harassment of an individual, or aggression toward or disparagement of classes of individuals.
Consequence: A permanent ban from any sort of public interaction within the project community.
Attribution
This Code of Conduct is adapted from the Contributor Covenant, version 2.0, available at https://www.contributor-covenant.org/version/2/0/code_of_conduct.html
Appendix: Report mt@phpfusion.com Alias
At the current time, all email sent to the mt@phpfusion.com is directed to the management of the project group.
Please note that this Code of Conduct may change from time to time.
Last Update : 2023-04-12