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FLOSS.social was launched on 1 April 2018 as a Mastodon server for people who care about, support, or build Free, Libre, and Open Source Software (FLOSS). Of course, our community discussions aren't limited to just FLOSS. We encourage everyone here to share their unique interests!
Posting in English is recommended, for maximum conversation opportunities within the FLOSS community, but it is not required. However, you will need to understand English in order to agree to our Community Code of Conduct.
This service was installed and is maintained in part by Masto.Host with equipment located at OVH, object storage provided by BunnyCDN, and outbound email via SparkPost. This server uses a modified version of TangerineUI for Mastodon, released under the MIT License. The logo/icon for this server is based upon the Free Software Logo by Robert Martinez, released under a Creative Commons Zero 1.0 license.
Please contact @admin@floss.social with any moderation or administrative concerns. Additional information about reporting concerns related to the Community Code of Conduct can be found below.
In the interest of fostering an open and welcoming environment, we as FLOSS.social members, moderators, and admins (collectively known as FLOSS.social community members) pledge to make our participation in FLOSS.social and the greater Fediverse a a harassment-free experience for everyone.
FLOSS.social aims to provide a positive, safer environment not only everyone in its community but also those who interact with us, regardless of:
Examples of behavior that contributes to creating a positive, safer environment include, but are not limited to:
Examples of unacceptable behavior by FLOSS.social community members include, but are not limited to:
FLOSS.social prioritizes marginalized people's safety over privileged people's comfort. FLOSS.social moderators and admins will not take action on complaints regarding:
FLOSS.social moderators and admins are responsible for clarifying the standards of acceptable behavior and are expected to take appropriate and fair corrective action in response to any instances of unacceptable behavior.
FLOSS.social moderators and admins have the right and responsibility to remove, edit, or reject posts, messages, comments, commits, code, and other contributions that are not aligned to this Code of Conduct.
FLOSS.social moderators and admins have the right to take certain action in response to any FLOSS.social community member exhibiting other behaviors that they deem inappropriate, threatening, offensive, or harmful. Examples of such actions include, but are not limited to:
This Code of Conduct applies within FLOSS.social community spaces:
When FLOSS.social community members contribute in discussion in or from our services, they represent the FLOSS.social community and its reputation. Therefore, this Code of Conduct applies to:
This Code of Conduct also applies to official FLOSS.social communication, such as:
Representation of our community may be further defined and clarified by FLOSS.social admins and moderators.
If a concern about a past incident in any space is made known to a moderator or admin about a current FLOSS.social community member, FLOSS.social moderators or admins may take it into account when deciding whether the incident should have any consequences to the community member's participation in the FLOSS.social community.
Instances of abusive, harassing, or otherwise unacceptable behavior may be reported by:
All complaints will be reviewed and investigated as quickly as practicable, and will result in a response that is deemed necessary and appropriate to the circumstances. The FLOSS.social admins and moderators are obligated to maintain confidentiality with regard to the reporter of an incident. Further details of specific enforcement policies may be posted separately.
This Code of Conduct is adapted from the Outreachy Community Code of Conduct as of January 28, 2022, made available under the terms of the GNU General Public License, version 3, and this "FLOSS.social Community Code of Conduct" is published under those same terms. The Outreachy Community Code of Conduct was adapted from the Contributor Covenant, version 1.4.
In an effort to free up a wide range of account names, FLOSS.social has a policy to delete inactive accounts and associated personal data. An account is considered inactive when (a) no posts have been made on the account and it has been at least twelve (12) months since the account was last accessed, or (b) it has been at least twenty-four (24) months since the account was last accessed. For purposes of this policy, "accessed" means you have interacted with your account through one or more signed-in session from any device. In order to warn the users concerned, an email will be sent to the e-mail address on file for the account providing the user twenty-one (21) days to reply and request an appeal for the account to be restored. Once an account has been deleted and the warning period has passed, it can no longer be recovered. To use FLOSS.social again, you'll need to create a new account.