We, the contributors and maintainers of the OWASP GenAI Crosswalk, pledge to make participation in this project a harassment-free experience for everyone, regardless of age, body size, disability, ethnicity, gender identity and expression, level of experience, nationality, personal appearance, race, religion, or sexual identity and orientation.
We pledge to act and interact in ways that contribute to an open, welcoming, diverse, inclusive, and healthy community.
Examples of behaviour that contributes to a positive environment:
- Using welcoming and inclusive language
- Being respectful of differing viewpoints and experiences
- Gracefully accepting constructive criticism
- Focusing on what is best for the community and the open-source mission
- Showing empathy towards other community members
- Giving credit where credit is due — cite your sources, acknowledge prior work
Examples of unacceptable behaviour:
- The use of sexualised language or imagery, and unwelcome sexual attention or advances
- Trolling, insulting or derogatory comments, and personal or political attacks
- Public or private harassment
- Publishing others' private information (physical or electronic address) without explicit permission
- Deliberate misrepresentation of security research or findings
- Submitting malicious code, harmful content, or deliberate misinformation under the guise of security research
- Other conduct which could reasonably be considered inappropriate in a professional community setting
Project maintainers are responsible for clarifying the standards of acceptable behaviour and are expected to take appropriate and fair corrective action in response to any instances of unacceptable behaviour.
Project maintainers have the right and responsibility to remove, edit, or reject comments, commits, code, wiki edits, issues, and other contributions that are not aligned with this Code of Conduct, or to ban temporarily or permanently any contributor for other behaviours that they deem inappropriate, threatening, offensive, or harmful.
This Code of Conduct applies within all project spaces — GitHub repository, issues, pull requests, discussions, and any other official project channels. It also applies when an individual is representing the project in public spaces, such as conference talks, social media posts, or community events.
Instances of abusive, harassing, or otherwise unacceptable behaviour may be reported by contacting the project maintainers via the repository's issue tracker or by emailing the OWASP GenAI Data Security Initiative leadership at genai-security@owasp.org.
All complaints will be reviewed and investigated promptly and fairly. All project maintainers are obligated to respect the privacy and security of the reporter of any incident.
Project maintainers who do not follow or enforce the Code of Conduct in good faith may face temporary or permanent repercussions as determined by other members of the project's leadership.
Project maintainers will follow these guidelines in determining the consequences for any action they deem in violation of this Code of Conduct:
Impact: Use of inappropriate language or other behaviour deemed unprofessional or unwelcome.
Consequence: A private, written warning from project maintainers, providing clarity around the nature of the violation and an explanation of why the behaviour was inappropriate. A public apology may be requested.
Impact: A violation through a single incident or series of actions.
Consequence: A warning with consequences for continued behaviour. 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.
Impact: A serious violation of community standards, including sustained inappropriate behaviour.
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.
Impact: Demonstrating a pattern of violation of community standards, including sustained inappropriate behaviour, 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.
This Code of Conduct is adapted from the Contributor Covenant, version 2.1, available at https://www.contributor-covenant.org/version/2/1/code_of_conduct.html
For answers to common questions about this code of conduct, see https://www.contributor-covenant.org/faq
Part of the OWASP GenAI Crosswalk — maintained by the OWASP GenAI Data Security Initiative