1# Code of Conduct 2 3Development of the Perl 5 language is covered by the [Standards of 4Conduct](https://perldoc.perl.org/perlpolicy#STANDARDS-OF-CONDUCT) in the 5[perlpolicy](https://perldoc.perl.org/perlpolicy) document. (See 6[pod/perlpolicy.pod](pod/perlpolicy.pod) for source version.) 7 8The overarching rule is that participants are expected to **be civil**. 9It is not enough to be factual. You must also be civil. 10 11The Standard of Conduct falls under the authority of the 12[Perl Steering Council](https://perldoc.perl.org/perlgov#The-Steering-Council) 13and covers activities on the perl5-porters mailing list, the 14GitHub repository issue/pull-request tracker, and any other venues 15directly organized on behalf the Perl Steering Council. 16 17**NOTE**: The Perl Steering Council operates independently of 18[The Perl Foundation](https://www.perlfoundation.org/) and other 19Perl community organizations. Consult their websites for information on 20other community codes of conduct. 21