The Official Ubuntu Book: Ubuntu Foundation Documents

This appendix contains the foundation documents for the Ubuntu project.

The Canonical Ltd. location for each of these documents is the Ubuntu Web site, and any updated versions can be found there. These documents are presented verbatim except where wording or presentation assumed a Web-based reading. The appendix contains the following documents:

* Code of Conduct
* Ubuntu Philosophy
* Description of Ubuntu Components
* Ubuntu License Policy

Code of Conduct

Ubuntu is an African concept of “humanity toward others.” It’s “the belief in a universal bond of sharing that connects all humanity.” The same ideas are central to the way the Ubuntu community collaborates. Members of the Ubuntu community need to work together effectively, and this Code of Conduct lays down the “ground rules” for our cooperation.

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