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-# FreeCAD project Code of Conduct
+# FreeCAD Project Code of Conduct
 
-## Our Pledge
+## Statement
 
-In the interest of fostering an open and welcoming environment, we as
-contributors and maintainers pledge to making participation in our project and
-our community a harassment-free experience for everyone, regardless of age, body
-size, 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.
+The FreeCAD Project community covers people from a wide variety of countries,
+backgrounds and positions. This global diversity is a great strength of the
+project, but can also lead to communication issues, which may in turn cause
+unhappiness. To maximise happiness of the project community taken as a whole,
+all members (whether users, contributors or committers) are expected to abide
+by the project's code of conduct. At a high level the code can be summarized
+as *"be excellent to each other"*. Expanding on this:
 
-## Our Standards
+* **Be respectful**: disagreements between people are to be expected and are
+  usually the sign of healthy debate and engagement. Disagreements can lead to
+  frustration and even anger for some members. Turning to personal insults,
+  intimidation or threatening behaviour does not improve the situation though.
+  Participants should thus take care to ensure all communications /
+  interactions stay professional at all times.
 
-Examples of behavior that contributes to creating a positive environment
-include:
+* **Be considerate**: remember that the community has members with a diverse
+  background many of whom have English as a second language. What might appear
+  impolite, may simply be a result of a lack of knowledge of the English
+  language. Bear in mind that actions will have an impact on other community
+  members and the project as a whole, so take potential consequences into
+  account before pursuing a course of action.
 
-* Using welcoming and inclusive language
-* Being respectful of differing viewpoints and experiences
-* Gracefully accepting constructive criticism
-* Focusing on what is best for the community
-* Showing empathy towards other community members
+* **Be forgiving**: humans are fallible and as such prone to make mistakes and
+  inexplicably change their positions at times. Don't assume that other members
+  are acting with malicious intent. Be prepared to forgive people who make
+  mistakes and assist each other in learning from them. Playing a blame game
+  doesn't help anyone.
 
-Examples of unacceptable behavior by participants include:
-
-* The use of sexualized language or imagery and unwelcome sexual attention or
- advances
-* Trolling, insulting/derogatory comments, and personal or political attacks
-* Public or private harassment
-* Publishing others' private information, such as a physical or electronic
- address, without explicit permission
-* Other conduct which could reasonably be considered inappropriate in a
- professional setting
 
 ## Our Responsibilities
 
@@ -70,8 +70,10 @@ members of the project's leadership.
 
 This Code of Conduct is adapted from the [Contributor Covenant][homepage], version 1.4,
 available at https://www.contributor-covenant.org/version/1/4/code-of-conduct.html
+and the [libvirt Code of Conduct][libvirtcoc], available at https://libvirt.org/governance.html.
 
 [homepage]: https://www.contributor-covenant.org
+[libvirtcoc]: https://libvirt.org/governance.html
 
-For answers to common questions about this code of conduct, see
+For answers to common questions about the Contributor Covenant, see
 https://www.contributor-covenant.org/faq