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+# Cantera Code of Conduct
+
+## Our Pledge
+
+In the interest of fostering an open and welcoming environment, we as
+contributors and maintainers commit to making participation in our project and
+our community a harassment-free experience for everyone, regardless of age, body
+size, disability, ethnicity, gender identity and expression, level of experience,
+nationality, personal appearance, race, religion, or sexual identity and
+orientation.
+
+## Our Standards
+
+Examples of behavior that contributes to creating a positive environment
+include:
+
+* Using welcoming and inclusive language
+* Being respectful of differing viewpoints and experiences
+* Gracefully accepting constructive criticism
+* Focusing on what is best for the community
+* Showing empathy towards other community members
+
+Examples of unacceptable behavior by participants include:
+
+* The use of sexualized language or imagery and unwelcome sexual attention or
+advances
+* Trolling, insulting/derogatory comments, and personal or political attacks
+* Public or private harassment
+* Publishing others' private information, such as a physical or electronic
+  address, without explicit permission
+* Other conduct which could reasonably be considered inappropriate in a
+  professional setting
+
+## Our Responsibilities
+
+Project maintainers are responsible for clarifying the standards of acceptable
+behavior and are expected to take appropriate and fair corrective action in
+response to any instances of unacceptable behavior.
+
+Project 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, or to ban temporarily or
+permanently any contributor for other behaviors that they deem inappropriate,
+threatening, offensive, or harmful.
+
+## Scope
+
+This Code of Conduct applies both within project spaces and in public spaces
+when an individual is representing the project or its community. Examples of
+representing a project or community include using an official project e-mail
+address, posting via an official social media account, or acting as an appointed
+representative at an online or offline event. Representation of a project may be
+further defined and clarified by project maintainers.
+
+## Enforcement
+
+Instances of abusive, harassing, or otherwise unacceptable behavior may be
+reported by contacting the project team at conduct@cantera.org. All
+complaints will be reviewed and investigated and will result in a response that
+is deemed necessary and appropriate to the circumstances. The project team is
+obligated to maintain confidentiality with regard to the reporter of an incident.
+Further details of specific enforcement policies may be posted separately.
+
+Project maintainers who do not follow or enforce the Code of Conduct in good
+faith may face temporary or permanent repercussions as determined by other
+members of the project's leadership.
+
+## Attribution
+
+This Code of Conduct is adapted from the [Contributor Covenant][homepage], version 1.4,
+available at [http://contributor-covenant.org/version/1/4][version]
+
+[homepage]: http://contributor-covenant.org
+[version]: http://contributor-covenant.org/version/1/4/
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 `Documentation for the development version of Cantera
 <http://cantera.github.com/dev-docs/sphinx/html/index.html>`_ is also available.
 
+Code of Conduct
+===============
+
+.. image:: https://img.shields.io/badge/code%20of%20conduct-contributor%20covenant-green.svg?style=flat-square
+    :alt: conduct
+    :target: http://contributor-covenant.org/version/1/4/
+
+In order to have a more open and welcoming community, Cantera adheres to a
+`code of conduct <CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md>`_ adapted from the `Contributor Covenent
+code of conduct <http://contributor-covenant.org/>`_.
+
+Please adhere to this code of conduct in any interactions you have in the
+Cantera community. It is strictly enforced on all official Cantera
+repositories, websites, users' group, and other resources.
+If you encounter someone violating these terms, please
+`contact the code of conduct team <mailto:conduct@cantera.org>`_
+(`@speth <https://github.com/speth>`_,
+`@bryanwweber <https://github.com/bryanwweber>`_, and
+`@kyleniemeyer <https://github.com/kyleniemeyer>`_)
+and we will address it as soon as possible.
+
 Development Site
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