Add first version of community Code of Conduct

Adapted from the Linux Foundation COC, https://lfprojects.org/policies/code-of-conduct/

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+# Code of Conduct
+
+Effective: Nov 1, 2018
+
+LF Projects, LLC (“LF Projects”) supports and hosts open source and open
+standards projects (each a “Project”) and undertakes such other activities as is
+consistent with its mission and purpose.
+
+## Introduction 
+
+The purposes of LF Projects, LLC (“LF Projects”) are to:
+
+* support the collaborative development, availability and adoption of open
+  source software, hardware and networking and other technologies and the
+collaborative development, availability and adoption of open protocols and
+standards (individually and collectively, “Open Technology”);
+* host various projects pursuing the development of Open Technology and other
+  technical assets, materials and processes (each such project, which itself may
+include any number of projects, a “Project”);
+* provide enablement and support to Projects to assist their development
+  activities; and
+* undertake such other lawful activity as permitted by law and as consistent
+  with the mission, purpose and tax status of LFP, Inc., a Delaware non-profit
+non-stock corporation and the sole member of LF Projects.
+
+LF Projects hosts communities where participants choose to work together, and in
+that process experience differences in language, location, nationality, and
+experience. In such a diverse environment, misunderstandings and disagreements
+happen, which in most cases can be resolved informally. In rare cases, however,
+behavior can intimidate, harass, or otherwise disrupt one or more people in the
+community, which LF Projects will not tolerate.
+
+A **Code of Conduct (“Code”)** is useful to define accepted and acceptable
+behaviors and to promote high standards of professional practice. It also
+provides a benchmark for self-evaluation and acts as a vehicle for better
+identity of the organization.
+
+LF Projects is a Delaware series limited liability company.  Projects of LF
+Projects are formed as separate series of LF Projects (each, a “Series”).
+References to “Projects” within this Policy include the applicable Series for
+each Project.
+
+This Code applies to any participant of any Project – including without
+limitation developers, participants in meetings, teleconferences, mailing lists,
+conferences or functions, and contributors. Note that this Code complements
+rather than replaces legal rights and obligations pertaining to any particular
+situation.  In addition, with the approval of LF Projects, Projects are free to
+adopt their own code of conduct in place of the Code.
+
+## Statement of Intent
+
+LF Projects is committed to maintain a positive, professional work environment.
+This commitment calls for workplaces where participants at all levels behave
+according to the rules of the following code. A foundational concept of this
+code is that we all share responsibility for our work environment.
+
+## Code
+
+1. Treat each other with respect, professionalism, fairness, and sensitivity to
+our many differences and strengths, including in situations of high pressure and
+urgency.
+2. Never harass or bully anyone verbally, physically, sexually,
+or in digital or written form.
+3. Never discriminate on the basis of personal characteristics or group
+membership.
+4. Communicate constructively and avoid demeaning or insulting behavior or
+language.
+5. Seek, accept, and offer objective work criticism, and acknowledge properly
+the contributions of others.
+6. Be honest about your own qualifications, and about any circumstances that
+might lead to conflicts of interest.
+7. Respect the privacy of others and the confidentiality of data you access.
+8. With respect to cultural differences, be conservative in what you do and
+liberal in what you accept from others, but not to the point of accepting
+disrespectful, unprofessional or unfair or unwelcome behavior or advances.
+9. Promote the rules of this Code and take action (especially if you are in a
+leadership position) to bring the discussion back to a more civil level whenever
+inappropriate behaviors are observed.
+10. 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.
+11. Step down considerately: participants in every project come and go, and LF
+Projects is no different. When you leave or disengage from the project, in whole
+or in part, we ask that you do so in a way that minimizes disruption to the
+project. This means you should tell people you are leaving and take the proper
+steps to ensure that others can pick up where you left off. 
+
+## Glossary
+
+### Demeaning behavior
+
+is acting in a way that reduces another person’s dignity, sense of self-worth or
+respect within the community.
+
+### Discrimination
+
+is the prejudicial treatment of an individual based on criteria such as:
+physical appearance, race, ethnic origin, genetic differences, national or
+social origin, name, religion, gender, sexual orientation, family or health
+situation, pregnancy, disability, age, education, wealth, domicile, political
+view, morals, employment, or union activity.
+
+### Insulting behavior
+
+is treating another person with scorn or disrespect.
+
+### Acknowledgement
+
+is a record of the origin(s) and author(s) of a contribution.
+
+### Harassment
+
+is any conduct, verbal, physical, digital, written, or otherwise, that has the
+intent or effect of interfering with an individual, or that creates an
+intimidating, hostile, or offensive environment.
+
+### Leadership position
+
+includes group Chairs, project maintainers, staff members, and Board members.
+
+### Participant
+
+includes the following persons:
+
+* Developers
+* Representatives of corporate participants
+* Anyone from the Public partaking in the LF Projects work environment (e.g.
+  contribute code, comment on our code or specs, email us, attend our
+conferences, functions, etc)
+
+### Respect
+
+is the genuine consideration you have for someone (if only because of their
+status as participant in LF Projects, like yourself), and that you show by
+treating them in a polite and kind way.
+
+### Sexual harassment
+
+includes visual displays of degrading sexual images, sexually suggestive
+conduct, offensive remarks of a sexual nature, requests for sexual favors,
+unwelcome physical contact, and sexual assault.
+
+### Unwelcome behavior
+
+Hard to define? Some questions to ask yourself are:
+
+* how would I feel if I were in the position of the recipient?
+* would my spouse, parent, child, sibling or friend like to be treated this way?
+* would I like an account of my behavior published in the organization’s
+  newsletter?
+* could my behavior offend or hurt other members of the work group?
+* could someone misinterpret my behavior as intentionally harmful or harassing?
+* would I treat my boss or a person I admire at work like that ?  *Summary*: if
+  you are unsure whether something might be welcome or unwelcome, don’t do it.
+
+### Unwelcome sexual advance
+
+includes requests for sexual favors, and other verbal, digital, written, or
+physical conduct of a sexual nature, where:
+
+* submission to such conduct is made either explicitly or implicitly a term or
+  condition of an individual’s employment,
+* submission to or rejection of such conduct by an individual is used as a basis
+  for employment decisions affecting the individual,
+* such conduct has the purpose or effect of unreasonably interfering with an
+  individual’s work performance or creating an intimidating hostile or offensive
+working environment.
+
+### Workplace Bullying
+
+is a tendency of individuals or groups to use persistent aggressive or
+unreasonable behavior (e.g. verbal or written abuse, offensive conduct or any
+interference which undermines or impedes work) against a co-worker or any
+professional relations.
+
+### Work Environment
+
+is the set of all available means of collaboration, including, but not limited
+to messages to mailing lists, private correspondence, Web pages, chat channels,
+phone and video teleconferences, and any kind of face-to-face meetings or
+discussions.
+
+## Incident Procedure
+
+To report incidents or to appeal reports of incidents, send an email to a member
+of the following escalation path:
+
+* Brad Bishop, Lead Maintainer, OpenBMC <bradleyb@fuzziesquirrel.com>
+* Kurt Taylor, Community Manager, OpenBMC <kurt.r.taylor@gmail.com>
+* Nancy Yuen, Technical Steering Committee Member, OpenBMC <yuenn@google.com>
+* James Mihm, Technical Steering Committee Member, OpenBMC
+  <james.mihm@intel.com>
+* Mike Dolan, Manager of LF Projects, Linux Foundation <manager@lfprojects.org>
+
+Please include any available relevant information, including links to any
+publicly accessible material relating to the matter. Every effort will be taken
+to ensure a safe and collegial environment in which to collaborate on matters
+relating to the Project. In order to protect the community, the Project reserves
+the right to take appropriate action, potentially including the removal of an
+individual from any and all participation in the project. The Project will work
+towards an equitable resolution in the event of a misunderstanding.
+
+## Credits
+
+This code is based on the [W3C’s Code of Ethics and Professional
+Conduct](https://www.w3.org/Consortium/cepc) with some additions from the [Cloud
+Foundry](https://www.cloudfoundry.org/)’s Code of Conduct and the Hyperledger
+Project Code of Conduct. It has been modified from the Linux Foundation Project
+Code of Conduct to include incident managers local to the OpenBMC project.