We as members, contributors, and maintainers pledge to make participation in the Open 402 Directory a harassment-free experience for everyone, regardless of age, body size, visible or invisible disability, ethnicity, sex characteristics, gender identity and expression, level of experience, education, socio-economic status, nationality, personal appearance, race, caste, color, 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 behavior that contributes to a positive environment:
- Submitting accurate, well-formatted domain entries
- Providing constructive feedback on pull requests
- Reporting malicious or dead domains promptly
- Helping new contributors understand the registry format
- Respecting that maintainers are volunteers with limited time
Examples of unacceptable behavior:
- Submitting spam, phishing, or malicious domains
- Harassment, trolling, or personal attacks in issues or PRs
- Publishing others' private information without consent
- Deliberately submitting false or misleading registry data
- Attempting to manipulate the registry for competitive advantage (e.g., removing competitor listings)
Because this is a data registry rather than a code project, additional standards apply:
- Accuracy — Only submit domains you have reason to believe accept 402 payments. Do not fabricate listings.
- Ownership — Do not submit domains you are impersonating. Marking a domain as
verifiedwhen it does not hostagent.jsonis a violation. - Good faith — Domain removal requests are taken seriously. Do not abuse the removal process to harm competitors.
- No gaming — Do not submit the same domain under multiple subdomains, aliases, or redirect chains to inflate the registry.
Maintainers are responsible for clarifying and enforcing these standards. They will take appropriate and fair corrective action in response to any behavior they deem inappropriate, threatening, offensive, or harmful.
Maintainers have the right and responsibility to remove, edit, or reject contributions that do not align with this Code of Conduct, and will communicate reasons for moderation decisions when appropriate.
This Code of Conduct applies within all project spaces — issues, pull requests, discussions, and any other communication channel associated with this repository. It also applies when an individual is officially representing the project in public spaces.
Instances of abusive, harassing, or otherwise unacceptable behavior may be reported to the project maintainers at:
All complaints will be reviewed and investigated promptly and fairly. Maintainers are obligated to respect the privacy and security of the reporter.
Maintainers will follow these guidelines in determining consequences:
Community Impact: Use of inappropriate language or other unprofessional behavior.
Consequence: A private written warning, with clarity around the nature of the violation. A public apology may be requested.
Community Impact: A violation through a single incident or series of actions.
Consequence: A warning with consequences for continued behavior. No interaction with the people involved for a specified period. This includes avoiding interactions in project spaces and external channels. Violating these terms may lead to a temporary or permanent ban.
Community Impact: A serious violation, including sustained inappropriate behavior or submission of malicious registry data.
Consequence: A temporary ban from any sort of interaction or public communication with the project. No public or private interaction with the people involved is allowed during this period. Violating these terms may lead to a permanent ban.
Community Impact: Demonstrating a pattern of violation, including repeated submission of malicious domains, harassment of contributors, or sustained disruptive behavior.
Consequence: A permanent ban from all project interaction.
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.