Document GitHub moderation policies#8882
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thanks, really glad to see this, on first pass, minor comments only
FYI @kubernetes/steering-committee , while I think this falls in the sig contribex charter, I think this is an important gap to close for the community.
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| Contributions to Kubernetes GitHub repositories must meet legal, technical, and behavioral standards. Submissions that fail to meet these expectations, whether due to copyright violations, low-quality automated generation, spam-like behavior, or bad-faith engagement may be moderated, restricted, or escalated according to established project processes. | |||
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What's the situation where copyright violations would result in a ban?
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I think we can elaborate a bit more on the "copyright violations" part below in the document.
For all Kubernetes project github repositories - we follow the kubernetes Repository Guidelines, and per that, our copyright attribution requirements are:
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per our latest boilerplate header text, all kubernetes code files must include:
Copyright The Kubernetes Authors. -
in the case of donated repositories, if existing contributors have not signed the CLA and cannot be reached, the following attribution is also acceptable, accompanied by a matching NOTICE file:
Copyright <Project Authors>
anything not following the above guidelines would be considered a copyright violation.
so, we can summarize the above bit and put a link to our repo guidelines doc.
Also per our latest AI policy, attributing copyright ownership of code contributions to AI tools/systems/vendors would be considered non-compliant and fall under copyright violations.
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I think we should also mention if the submitter continues to refuse to abide by the documented policies (and link to them? e.g. https://www.kubernetes.dev/docs/guide/pull-requests/#ai-guidance)
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This PR adds a github moderation section to document contribution standards and moderation practices for Kubernetes github repo.
@kubernetes/owners would appreciate a review when you have the time. Happy to iterate based on feedback.
Fixes #8439