Merge pull request #606 from apdavison/governance

Added document on project governance

doc/developers/governance.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+==========
+Governance
+==========
+
+PyNN is a community-developed project, we welcome contributions from anyone who is interested in
+the project. The project maintainers are the members of the `PyNN Developers team`_.
+All contributors agree to abide by the Code of Conduct, see below.
+
+Contributions
+=============
+
+All contributions must be by pull request, with the exception of quick bug fixes affecting fewer
+than ten lines of code.
+Normally, pull requests may be approved by any maintainer, although anyone is welcome to join in
+the discussion.
+In case of disagreement with a decision, we will try to reach a consensus between maintainers,
+taking account of any input from the wider community.
+If consensus cannot be reached, decisions will be based on a majority vote among the maintainers,
+with the caveats that (i) only one vote per institution is allowed (i.e. in the case where several
+maintainers belong to the same institution they will have to agree among themselves how to vote)
+and (ii) a quorum of three maintainers must be achieved.
+
+Maintainers
+===========
+
+Any contributor who has had at least three pull requests accepted may be nominated as a maintainer.
+Nominations must be approved by at least two existing maintainers, with no dissenting maintainer.
+In case of disagreement, decisions on accepting new maintainers will be based on a majority vote
+as above.
+
+Contributor Code of Conduct
+===========================
+
+Our Pledge
+----------
+
+In the interest of fostering an open and welcoming environment, we as contributors and maintainers
+pledge 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 pynn-maintainers@protonmail.com. The project team will review and investigate
+all complaints, and will respond in a way that it deems 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`_, version 1.4, available at http://contributor-covenant.org/version/1/4
+
+
+.. _`Contributor Covenant`: http://contributor-covenant.org
+.. _`PyNN Developers team`: https://github.com/orgs/NeuralEnsemble/teams/pynn-developers/members

doc/developers_guide.txt

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ There are several ways to contribute to PyNN:
  * fixing bugs and other mistakes;
  * adding or maintaining a simulator backend;
  * major refactoring to improve performance, reduce code complexity, or both.
+ * becoming a maintainer
 
 The following sections contain guidelines for each of these.
 
@@ -26,8 +27,9 @@ The following sections contain guidelines for each of these.
 
    developers/bug_reports
    developers/contributing
-
-
+   developers/governance
+
+
 .. developers/adding_backend
 
 .. _`NeuralEnsemble Google Group`: http://groups.google.com/group/neuralensemble

doc/publications.txt

@@ -5,98 +5,98 @@ Publications about, relating to or using PyNN
 * Schmuker, Michael, Pfeil, Thomas and Nawrot, Martin Paul (2014) **A neuromorphic network for generic multivariate
   data classification**
   Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 111: 2081-2086. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1303053111
-  `[ link] <http://www.pna.s.org/content/111/6/2081.abstract>`_
+  `[link] <http://www.pnas.org/content/111/6/2081.abstract>`_
 
 * Kaplan, BA, Khoei, MA, Lansner, A, & Perrinet, LU (2014) **Signature of an anticipatory response in area VI as modeled
   by a probabilistic model and a spiking neural network.** In: Neural Networks (IJCNN), 2014 International Joint
   Conference on (pp. 3205-3212). Beijing, China. IEEE. doi: 10.1109/IJCNN.2014.6889847
-  `[ link] <http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/articleDetails.jsp?tp=&amp;arnumber=6889847>`_
+  `[link] <http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/articleDetails.jsp?tp=&amp;arnumber=6889847>`_
 
 * Djurfeldt M., Davison A.P. and Eppler J.M. (2014) **Efficient generation of connectivity in neuronal networks from
   simulator-independent descriptions.** Frontiers in Neuroinformatics 8:43: doi: 10.3389/fninf.2014.00043
-  `[ link] <journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fninf.2014.00043/abstract>`_
+  `[link] <journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fninf.2014.00043/abstract>`_
 
 * Antolík J. and Davison A.P. (2013) **Integrated workflows for spiking neuronal network simulations.**
   Frontiers in Neuroinformatics 7:34: 10.3389/fninf.2013.00034
-  `[ link] <http://www.frontiersin.org/neuroinformatics/10.3389/fninf.2013.00034/abstract>`_
+  `[link] <http://www.frontiersin.org/neuroinformatics/10.3389/fninf.2013.00034/abstract>`_
 
 * Pfeil, Thomas, Grübl, Andreas, Jeltsch, Sebastian, Müller, Eric, Müller, Paul, Petrovici, Mihai A., Schmuker, Michael,
   Brüderle, Daniel, Schemmel, Johannes and Meier, Karlheinz (2013) **Six networks on a universal neuromorphic computing
   substrate.** Frontiers in Neuroscience 7:11 doi: 10.3389/fnins.2013.00011
-  `[ link] <http://arxiv.org/abs/1210.7083>`_
+  `[link] <http://arxiv.org/abs/1210.7083>`_
 
 * Kaplan BA, Lansner A, Masson GS and Perrinet LU (2013) **Anisotropic connectivity implements motion-based prediction in
   a spiking neural network.** Front. Comput. Neurosci. 7:112. doi: 10.3389/fncom.2013.00112
-  `[ link] <>`_
+  `[link] <>`_
 
 * Brüderle D., Petrovici M.A., Vogginger B., Ehrlich M., Pfeil T., Millner S., Grübl A., Wendt K., Müller E.,
   Schwartz M.O., Husmann de Oliveira D., Jeltsch S., Fieres J., Schilling M., Müller P., Breitwieser O., Petkov V.,
   Muller L., Davison A.P., Krishnamurthy P., Kremkow J., Lundqvist M., Muller E., Partzsch J., Scholze S., Zühl L.,
   Mayr C., Destexhe A., Diesmann M., Potjans T.C., Lansner A., Schüffny R., Schemmel J., Meier K. (2011)
   **A Comprehensive Workflow for General-Purpose Neural Modeling with Highly Configurable Neuromorphic Hardware
   Systems.** Biological Cybernetics 104: 263-296. doi: 10.1007/s00422-011-0435-9
-  `[ link] <http://arxiv.org/abs/1011.2861>`_
+  `[link] <http://arxiv.org/abs/1011.2861>`_
 
 * Galluppi, Francesco, Rast, Alexander, Davies, Sergio and Furber, Steve (2010) **A general-purpose model translation
   system for a universal neural chip.** Neural Information Processing. Theory and Algorithms; Lecture Notes in Computer
   Science vol 6443, pp58-65
-  `[ link] <http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-17537-4_8>`_
+  `[link] <http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-17537-4_8>`_
 
 * J. Nageswaran, N. Dutt, J. L. Krichmar, A. Nicolau, A. V. Veidenbaum (2009) **A configurable simulation environment
   for the efficient simulation of large-scale spiking neural networks on graphics processors.**
   Neural Networks 22:5-6, doi:10.1016/j.neunet.2009.06.028.
-  `[ link] <http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6T08-4WNGW6V-4/2/1836146d5752dbc7a170f3aa19a436ca>`_
+  `[link] <http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6T08-4WNGW6V-4/2/1836146d5752dbc7a170f3aa19a436ca>`_
 
 * Davison AP, Hines M and Muller E (2009) **Trends in programming languages for neuroscience simulations.**
   Front. Neurosci. doi:10.3389/neuro.01.036.2009.
-  `[ link] <http://www.frontiersin.org/neuroscience/neuroscience/paper/10.3389/neuro.01/036.2009/>`_
+  `[link] <http://www.frontiersin.org/neuroscience/neuroscience/paper/10.3389/neuro.01/036.2009/>`_
 
 * Davison AP, Brüderle D, Eppler J, Kremkow J, Muller E, Pecevski D, Perrinet L and Yger P (2009) **PyNN: a
   common interface for neuronal network simulators.** Front. Neuroinform. 2:11. doi:10.3389/neuro.11.011.2008.
-  `[ link] <http://www.frontiersin.org/neuroinformatics/paper/10.3389/neuro.11/011.2008/>`_
+  `[link] <http://www.frontiersin.org/neuroinformatics/paper/10.3389/neuro.11/011.2008/>`_
 
 * Brüderle D, Muller E, Davison A, Muller E, Schemmel J and Meier K (2009) **Establishing a novel modeling tool: a
   python-based interface for a neuromorphic hardware system.**
   Front. Neuroinform. 3:17. doi:10.3389/neuro.11.017.2009.
-  `[ link] <http://www.frontiersin.org/neuroinformatics/paper/10.3389/neuro.11/017.2009/>`_
+  `[link] <http://www.frontiersin.org/neuroinformatics/paper/10.3389/neuro.11/017.2009/>`_
 
 * Bednar JA (2009) **Topographica: building and analyzing map-level simulations from Python, C/C++, MATLAB, NEST, or
   NEURON components.** Front. Neuroinform. 3:8. doi:10.3389/neuro.11.008.2009.
-  `[ link] <http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=2666198>`_
+  `[link] <http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=2666198>`_
 
 * Goodman D and Brette R (2008) **Brian: a simulator for spiking neural networks in Python.**
   Front. Neuroinform. 2:5. doi:10.3389/neuro.11.005.2008.
-  `[ link] <http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=2605403>`_
+  `[link] <http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=2605403>`_
 
 * Pecevski D, Natschläger T and Schuch K (2009) **PCSIM: a parallel simulation environment for neural circuits fully
   integrated with Python.** Front. Neuroinform. 3:11. doi:10.3389/neuro.11.011.2009.
-  `[ link] <http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=2698777>`_
+  `[link] <http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=2698777>`_
 
 * Ray S and Bhalla US (2008) **PyMOOSE: interoperable scripting in Python for MOOSE.**
   Front. Neuroinform. 2:6. doi:10.3389/neuro.11.006.2008.
-  `[ link] <http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=2698777>`_
+  `[link] <http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=2698777>`_
 
 * Sharon Crook, R Angus Silver and Padraig Gleeson (2009) **Describing and exchanging models of neurons and neuronal
   networks with NeuroML.** BMC Neuroscience, 10(Suppl 1):L1doi:10.1186/1471-2202-10-S1-L1.
-  `[ link] <http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2202/10/S1/L1>`_
+  `[link] <http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2202/10/S1/L1>`_
 
 * D. Brüderle, A. Grübl, K. Meier, E. Muller and J. Schemmel (2007) **A Software Framework for Tuning the Dynamics of
   Neuromorphic Silicon Towards Biology.** LNCS 4507. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-73007-1.
-  `[ link] <http://www.springerlink.com/content/v151p3447442q623/>`_
+  `[link] <http://www.springerlink.com/content/v151p3447442q623/>`_
 
 * B. Kaplan, D. Brüderle, J. Schemmel and K. Meier (2009) **High-Conductance States on a Neuromorphic Hardware System.**
   Proceedings of IJCNN 2009.
-  `[ link] <http://www.kip.uni-heidelberg.de/Veroeffentlichungen/details.php?id=1916>`_
+  `[link] <http://www.kip.uni-heidelberg.de/Veroeffentlichungen/details.php?id=1916>`_
 
 * D. Brüderle (2009) **Neuroscientific Modeling with a Mixed-Signal VLSI Hardware System.**
   Doctoral Dissertation, Kirchhoff-Institute for Physics, University of Heidelberg.
-  `[ link] <http://www.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/archiv/9656>`_
+  `[link] <http://www.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/archiv/9656>`_
 
 * A. Davison, P. Yger, J. Kremkow, L. Perrinet and E. Muller (2007) **PyNN: towards a universal neural simulator API in
   Python.** BMC Neuroscience 2007, 8(Suppl 2):P2. doi:10.1186/1471-2202-8-S2-P2.
-  `[ link] <http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2202/8/S2/P2>`_
+  `[link] <http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2202/8/S2/P2>`_
 
 * E. Muller, A. P. Davison, T. Brizzi, D. Bruederle, M. J. Eppler, J. Kremkow, D. Pecevski, L. Perrinet, M. Schmuker and
   P. Yger (2009) **NeuralEnsemble.Org: Unifying neural simulators in Python to ease the model complexity bottleneck.**
   Frontiers in Neuroinformatics Conference Abstract: Neuroinformatics 2009. doi: 10.3389/conf.neuro.11.2009.08.104.
-  `[ link] <http://frontiersin.org/conferences/individual_abstract_listing.php?conferid=155&amp;pap=2137&amp;ind_abs=1&amp;q=98>`_
+  `[link] <http://frontiersin.org/conferences/individual_abstract_listing.php?conferid=155&amp;pap=2137&amp;ind_abs=1&amp;q=98>`_