Code of Conduct
Open Mainframe Project aims to foster a collaborative, inclusive, and safe environment for all participants. Open Mainframe Project and each hosted project has established Codes of Conduct to help provide guidelines on appropriate conduct and how to report violations.
For all hosted projects, refer to the CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md file in each code repository that points to the policy in use.
For all other activities and events that are sanctioned by Open Mainframe Project, refer to the LF Events Code of Conduct.
Transparency Report
This report summarizes Code of Conduct incidents reported to or resolved by the TAC. Code of Conduct incidents occurring in the Open Mainframe Project community reported to and resolved by the Linux Foundation Events team (LF Events), or project-level Code of Conduct responders are not addressed in this report. LF Events publishes its own separate transparency report, available here.
This report aims to provide a balance between transparency and protecting the privacy of victims and reporters to ensure a safe space for reporting. To ensure we are honoring our commitment to protect victims’ and reporters’ privacy, this transparency report does not provide personally identifying information about victims or reporters and provides only summary information rather than details of each incident.
All incidents resolved by the TAC have been handled in accordance with the Open Mainframe Project Code of Conduct policy and guidelines.
Incidents Reported in 2025
Incident 2025-1
A report was received regarding a community member who made comments via email accusing a committee of racial bias, and in further email communications, made reference to challenging an individual to a “duel”. The TAC met and reviewed the comments. The TAC made the decision to issue a warning to the community member based on the enforcement guidelines in the Open Mainframe Project Code of Conduct.