# Flipper-ARF Code of Conduct

## Our Pledge

We as members, contributors, and maintainers of Flipper-ARF pledge to make participation in this project 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, religion, or sexual identity and orientation.

We pledge to act and interact in ways that contribute to an open, welcoming, and responsible research community.

## Ethical Research Standards

Flipper-ARF is an automotive security research project. All contributions, discussions, and use of this project must adhere to the following ethical standards:

1. **Lawful purpose only.** All work must be for lawful, educational, or explicitly authorized security research purposes. Contributors must comply with all applicable local, national, and international laws.

2. **No unauthorized access.** Do not use this firmware or any knowledge gained from it to access vehicles, devices, or systems without explicit authorization from the owner.

3. **Responsible disclosure.** If your research reveals a vulnerability in a manufacturer's system, follow responsible disclosure practices — notify the manufacturer and allow reasonable time for remediation before any public disclosure.

4. **Key material handling.** Do not share manufacturer-specific cryptographic keys, seeds, or proprietary algorithms outside the scope of this project's research goals. Key material included in the project is for protocol interoperability research only.

5. **Authorized captures only.** Signal captures and key recordings submitted to the project should come from researcher-owned vehicles or devices, or be obtained with explicit written permission from the owner.

6. **No enabling of criminal activity.** We do not condone/support/endorse vehicle theft, unauthorized entry, tracking, surveillance, or any other criminal activity.

7. **Radio frequency compliance.** Comply with radio frequency regulations in your jurisdiction. Transmission testing should be conducted in controlled environments or within legally permitted parameters.

## Community Standards

Examples of behavior that contributes to a positive environment:

* Sharing well-documented protocol analysis and research findings
* Providing detailed capture data with proper context (vehicle, method, conditions)
* Being respectful of differing opinions, viewpoints, and experiences
* Giving and gracefully accepting constructive feedback
* Accepting responsibility and apologizing to those affected by our mistakes

Examples of unacceptable behavior:

* Sharing techniques specifically intended to facilitate vehicle theft or unauthorized access
* The use of sexualized language or imagery, and sexual attention or advances of any kind
* Trolling, insulting or derogatory comments, and personal or political attacks
* Public or private harassment
* Publishing others' private information without their explicit permission
* Other conduct which could reasonably be considered inappropriate in a professional or research setting

## Enforcement Responsibilities

Project maintainers are responsible for clarifying and enforcing these standards and will take appropriate and fair corrective action in response to any behavior that they deem inappropriate, threatening, offensive, harmful, or in violation of the ethical research standards above.

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, and will communicate reasons for moderation decisions when appropriate.

## Scope

This Code of Conduct applies within all project spaces, including the repository, issue tracker, pull requests, and any associated communication channels. It also applies when an individual is representing the project in public spaces.

## Reporting

Instances of abusive, harassing, unethical, or otherwise unacceptable behavior may be reported by opening a confidential issue on the project's GitHub repository or by contacting the maintainers directly through GitHub.

All complaints will be reviewed and investigated promptly and fairly. All maintainers are obligated to respect the privacy and security of the reporter of any incident.

## Enforcement Guidelines

Maintainers will follow these guidelines in determining the consequences for any action they deem in violation of this Code of Conduct:

### 1. Correction

**Impact**: Use of inappropriate language or other behavior deemed unprofessional or unwelcome.

**Consequence**: A private, written warning providing clarity around the nature of the violation and an explanation of why the behavior was inappropriate. A public apology may be requested.

### 2. Warning

**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, including unsolicited interaction with those enforcing the Code of Conduct, for a specified period of time. Violating these terms may lead to a temporary or permanent ban.

### 3. Temporary Ban

**Impact**: A serious violation of community or ethical research standards, including sustained inappropriate behavior.

**Consequence**: A temporary ban from any sort of interaction or public communication with the project for a specified period of time. Violating these terms may lead to a permanent ban.

### 4. Permanent Ban

**Impact**: Demonstrating a pattern of violation of community or ethical standards, including sustained inappropriate behavior, harassment, or using the project to enable criminal activity.

**Consequence**: A permanent ban from any sort of public interaction within the project.

## Attribution

This Code of Conduct is adapted from the [Contributor Covenant](https://www.contributor-covenant.org), version 2.0, with additional ethical research guidelines specific to the Flipper-ARF project.

Community Impact Guidelines were inspired by [Mozilla's code of conduct enforcement ladder](https://github.com/mozilla/diversity).