@@ -208,3 +208,64 @@ Don't forget: being a maintainer is a time investment. Make sure you

 will have time to make yourself available.  You don't have to be a

 maintainer to make a difference on the project!

+## Docker Community Guidelines

+

+We want to keep the Docker community awesome, growing and collaborative. We

+need your help to keep it that way. To help with this we've come up with some

+general guidelines for the community as a whole:

+

+* Be nice: Be courteous, respectful and polite to fellow community members: no

+  regional, racial, gender, or other abuse will be tolerated. We like nice people

+  way better than mean ones!

+

+* Encourage diversity and participation: Make everyone in our community

+  feel welcome, regardless of their background and the extent of their

+  contributions, and do everything possible to encourage participation in

+  our community.

+

+* Keep it legal: Basically, don't get us in trouble. Share only content that

+  you own, do not share private or sensitive information, and don't break the

+  law.

+

+* Stay on topic: Make sure that you are posting to the correct channel

+  and avoid off-topic discussions. Remember when you update an issue or

+  respond to an email you are potentially sending to a large number of

+  people.  Please consider this before you update.  Also remember that

+  nobody likes spam.

+

+### Guideline Violations — 3 Strikes Method

+

+The point of this section is not to find opportunities to punish people, but we

+do need a fair way to deal with people who are making our community suck.

+

+1. First occurrence: We'll give you a friendly, but public reminder that the

+   behavior is inappropriate according to our guidelines.

+

+2. Second occurrence: We will send you a private message with a warning that

+   any additional violations will result in removal from the community.

+

+3. Third occurrence: Depending on the violation, we may need to delete or ban

+   your account.

+

+**Notes:**

+

+* Obvious spammers are banned on first occurrence. If we don't do this, we'll

+  have spam all over the place.

+

+* Violations are forgiven after 6 months of good behavior, and we won't

+  hold a grudge.

+

+* People who commit minor infractions will get some education,

+  rather than hammering them in the 3 strikes process.

+

+* The rules apply equally to everyone in the community, no matter how

+  much you've contributed.

+

+* Extreme violations of a threatening, abusive, destructive or illegal nature

+  will be addressed immediately and are not subject to 3 strikes or

+  forgiveness.

+

+* Contact james@docker.com to report abuse or appeal violations. In the case of

+  appeals, we know that mistakes happen, and we'll work with you to come up with

+  a fair solution if there has been a misunderstanding.

+