add Code of Conduct

CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md

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+# Contributor Covenant 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 contact@mkvtoolnix.download. All
+complaints will be reviewed and investigated and will result in a response that
+is deemed necessary and 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][homepage], version 1.4,
+available at https://www.contributor-covenant.org/version/1/4/code-of-conduct.html
+
+[homepage]: https://www.contributor-covenant.org

NEWS.md

@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+# Version ?
+
+## Important notes
+
+* The MKVToolNix project now contains a
+  [Code of Coduct](https://mkvtoolnix.download/doc/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md).
+
+
 # Version 18.0.0 "Apricity" 2017-11-18
 
 ## New features and enhancements

README.md

@@ -15,15 +15,16 @@ MKVToolNix 18.0.0
   6. [Unit tests](#26-unit-tests)
 3. [Reporting bugs](#3-reporting-bugs)
 4. [Test suite and continuous integration tests](#4-test-suite-and-continuous-integration-tests)
-5. [Included libraries and their licenses](#5-included-libraries-and-their-licenses)
+5. [Code of Conduct](#5-code-of-conduct)
-  1. [avilib](#51-avilib)
+6. [Included libraries and their licenses](#6-included-libraries-and-their-licenses)
-  2. [Boost's utf8_codecvt_facet](#52-boosts-utf8_codecvt_facet)
+  1. [avilib](#61-avilib)
-  3. [libEBML](#53-libebml)
+  2. [Boost's utf8_codecvt_facet](#62-boosts-utf8_codecvt_facet)
-  4. [libMatroska](#54-libmatroska)
+  3. [libEBML](#63-libebml)
-  5. [librmff](#55-librmff)
+  4. [libMatroska](#64-libmatroska)
-  6. [nlohmann's JSON](#56-nlohmanns-json)
+  5. [librmff](#65-librmff)
-  7. [pugixml](#57-pugixml)
+  6. [nlohmann's JSON](#66-nlohmanns-json)
-  8. [utf8-cpp](#58-utf8-cpp)
+  7. [pugixml](#67-pugixml)
+  8. [utf8-cpp](#68-utf8-cpp)
 
 -----------------
 
@@ -273,11 +274,17 @@ commit made to the git repository. The tests include:
   * building and running the test file test suite
   * building with all optional features disabled
 
-# 5. Included third-party components and their licenses
+# 5. Code of Conduct
+
+Please note that this project is released with a
+[Code of Conduct](CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md). By participating in this project
+you agree to abide by its terms.
+
+# 6. Included third-party components and their licenses
 
 MKVToolNix includes and uses the following libraries & artwork:
 
-## 5.1. avilib
+## 6.1. avilib
 
 Reading and writing avi files.
 
@@ -287,7 +294,7 @@ of the transcode package.
   * License: GNU General Public License v2
   * URL: http://www.transcoding.org/
 
-## 5.2. Boost's utf8_codecvt_facet
+## 6.2. Boost's utf8_codecvt_facet
 
 A class, `utf8_codecvt_facet`, derived from `std::codecvt<wchar_t, char>`,
 which can be used to convert utf8 data in files into `wchar_t` strings
@@ -296,21 +303,21 @@ in the application.
   * License: Boost Software License - Version 1.0 (see `doc/licenses/Boost-1.0.txt`)
   * URL: http://www.boost.org
 
-## 5.3. libEBML
+## 6.3. libEBML
 
 A C++ library to parse EBML files
 
   * License: GNU Lesser General Public License v2.1 (see `doc/licenses/LGPL-2.1.txt`)
   * URL: http://www.matroska.org/
 
-## 5.4. libMatroska
+## 6.4. libMatroska
 
 A C++ library to parse Matroska files
 
   * License: GNU Lesser General Public License v2.1 (see `doc/licenses/LGPL-2.1.txt`)
   * URL: http://www.matroska.org/
 
-## 5.5. librmff
+## 6.5. librmff
 
 librmff is short for 'RealMedia file format access library'. It aims
 at providing the programmer an easy way to read and write RealMedia
@@ -319,28 +326,28 @@ files.
   * License: GNU Lesser General Public License v2.1 (see `doc/licenses/LGPL-2.1.txt`)
   * URL: https://www.bunkus.org/videotools/librmff/index.html
 
-## 5.6. nlohmann's JSON
+## 6.6. nlohmann's JSON
 
 JSON for Modern C++
 
   * License: MIT (see `doc/licenses/nlohmann-json-MIT.txt`)
   * URL: https://github.com/nlohmann/json
 
-## 5.7. pugixml
+## 6.7. pugixml
 
 An XML processing library
 
   * License: MIT (see `doc/licenses/pugixml-MIT.txt`)
   * URL: http://pugixml.org/
 
-## 5.8. utf8-cpp
+## 6.8. utf8-cpp
 
 UTF-8 with C++ in a Portable Way
 
   * License: custom (see `doc/licenses/utf8-cpp-custom.txt`)
   * URL: http://utfcpp.sourceforge.net/
 
-## 5.9. Oxygen icons and sound files
+## 6.9. Oxygen icons and sound files
 
 Most of the icons included in this package originate from the Oxygen
 Project. These include all files in the `share/icons` sub-directory