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 # Contributor Code of Conduct
 
-As contributors and maintainers of this project, and in the interest of
-fostering an open and welcoming community, we pledge to respect all people who
-contribute through reporting issues, posting feature requests, updating
-documentation, submitting pull requests or patches, and other activities.
+Always be nice. When communicating online treat people the way you would if
+they were standing next to you. The project maintainers have the right and
+responsibility to maintain that standard of niceness, and you should contact
+them if it is not upheld.  Don't forget to be nice whenever representing the
+project to others outside the project.  If you are not nice, apologize. 
 
-We are committed to making participation in this project a harassment-free
-experience for everyone, regardless of level of experience, gender, gender
-identity and expression, sexual orientation, disability, personal appearance,
-body size, race, ethnicity, age, religion, or nationality.
-
-Examples of unacceptable behavior by participants include:
-
-* The use of sexualized language or imagery
-* Personal attacks
-* Trolling or insulting/derogatory comments
-* Public or private harassment
-* Publishing other's private information, such as physical or electronic
-  addresses, without explicit permission
-* Other unethical or unprofessional conduct.
-
-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 to this Code of Conduct. By adopting this Code of Conduct,
-project maintainers commit themselves to fairly and consistently applying these
-principles to every aspect of managing this project. Project maintainers who do
-not follow or enforce the Code of Conduct may be permanently removed from the
-project team.
-
-This code of conduct applies both within project spaces and in public spaces
-when an individual is representing the project or its community.
-
-Instances of abusive, harassing, or otherwise unacceptable behavior may be
-reported by opening an issue or contacting one or more of the project
-maintainers.
-
-This Code of Conduct is adapted from the [Contributor Covenant][1], version
-1.2.0, available at http://contributor-covenant.org/version/1/2/0/
-
-[1]: http://contributor-covenant.org