Want to get involved right away? The OF community is always looking for developers, designers, writers, event organizers, and general enthusiasts to help build a better experience. If you're wondering where to look, dive into the forum collaborators section on the forum, or take a look at the existing utorialstay.
Gatherings of people working with oF or curious about getting involved. A great place to meet people and share your ideas and projects!
Join the IRC channel and introduce yourself! We're all constantly learning and helping each other, and we'd love to help you too.
As our community grows, it is imperative that we preserve the things that got us here; namely, keeping openFrameworks a fun, welcoming, challenging, and fair place to play. The openFrameworks Code of Conduct (ofCOC) states our shared ideals with respect to conduct. Think of this as coding standards for people. It is an expression of our ideals, not a rulebook. It is a way to communicate our existing values to the entire community.
This code of conduct is based on the one developed by Drupal, which in turn is based on the one developed by Ubuntu.
Our work will be used by other people, and we in turn will depend on the work of others. Any decision we take will affect users and colleagues, and we should take those consequences into account when making decisions. openFrameworks has millions of users and thousands of contributors. Even if it’s not obvious at the time, our contributions to openFrameworks will impact the work of others. For example, changes to code, infrastructure, policy, documentation, and translations during a release may negatively impact others’ work.
The openFrameworks community and its members treat one another with respect. Everyone can make a valuable contribution to openFrameworks. We may not always agree, but disagreement is no excuse for poor behavior and poor manners. We might all experience some frustration now and then, but we cannot allow that frustration to turn into a personal attack. It’s important to remember that a community where people feel uncomfortable or threatened is not a productive one. We expect members of the openFrameworks community to be respectful when dealing with other contributors as well as with people outside the openFrameworks project and with users of openFrameworks.
Collaboration is central to openFrameworks and to the larger free software community. This collaboration involves individuals working with others in teams within openFrameworks, teams working with each other within openFrameworks, and individuals and teams within openFrameworks working with other projects outside. This collaboration reduces redundancy, and improves the quality of our work. Internally and externally, we should always be open to collaboration. Wherever possible, we should work closely with upstream projects and others in the free software community to coordinate our technical, advocacy, documentation, and other work. Our work should be done transparently and we should involve as many interested parties as early as possible. If we decide to take a different approach than others, we will let them know early, document our work and inform others regularly of our progress.
Conflicts in our community can take many forms. Disagreements, social and technical, are normal, but we do not allow them to persist and fester leaving others uncertain of the agreed direction.
We expect individuals to first try to resolve conflicts between themselves in a constructive manner, asking for help when needed. This approach gives people more control over the outcome of their dispute.
If that fails, we escalate the matter to structures with designated leaders to step in and provide clarity and direction.
We will not tolerate bullying or harassment of any member of the openFrameworks community.
If you feel threatened or violated as a result of intimidating, bullying, harassing, abusive, discriminatory, derogatory, or demeaning conduct, please speak up and ask it to stop. If you do not feel that you can speak up, contact the Community Working Group immediately with evidence of the incident. Incidents of bullying and harrassment can be reported privately and will be treated seriously and discretely. Use this Incident Report Form.
Please speak up if you notice someone else being subjected to such behavior. Refer people to our Code of Conduct and point out such behavior is unwelcome.
Nobody knows everything, and nobody is expected to be perfect in the openFrameworks community. Asking questions avoids many problems down the road, and so questions are encouraged. Those who are asked questions should be responsive and helpful. However, when asking a question, care must be taken to do so in an appropriate place.
Members of every project come and go and openFrameworks is no different. When somebody leaves or disengages from the project, in whole or in part, we ask that they do so in a way that minimizes disruption to the project. This means they should tell people they are leaving and take the proper steps to ensure that others can pick up where they left off.
