In this pull request we're proposing changes to our Acceptable Use Policies (AUP) and Community Guidelines to help make our policies clearer and easier to understand.

[skyboi1233]

In this pull request we're proposing changes to our Acceptable Use Policies (AUP) and Community Guidelines to help make our policies clearer and easier to understand.

Here are the key updates:

• Re-categorization of AUP restrictions. Instead of breaking the policies up by content versus conduct, they’re now organized by new categories that are consistent with those used on our abuse reporting form.
• Moved the What is not Allowed section of the Community Guidelines to standalone pages linked from specific restrictions in our AUP. They expand on the restrictions and provide specific examples.
• Refreshed language throughout each doc.

Note that while you may see a lot of green (new) content in the diff, in some cases, this is just because we’ve moved content around. It doesn’t necessarily mean that we’ve changed any of the language. For example, we made no changes to the wording of the restriction against malware and exploits. In addition, each of the standalone pages appear as new content but much is pulled directly from the existing Community Guidelines. The rest of the Community Guidelines will continue to provide general guidelines for how we expect users to interact in the GitHub space.

We also aimed to simplify language in many places. For example, where we used to say is or contains x information, we now say is x. This is not meant to narrow the scope of the restriction. Instead, we're looking to be more clear in how we communicate our policies.

These updates will go into effect after the 30-day notice and comment period, on March 14, at 3pm PT.

Originally posted by @literarytea in github/site-policy#528