add code of conduct

Signed-off-by: Nicklas Körtge <nicklas.koertge1@ibm.com>

CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md

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+# Code of Conduct
+
+## Our Pledge
+
+The Community is dedicated to our values of treating every individual
+with respect and dignity. In the interest of fostering an open and welcoming
+environment, all participants, including attendees, speakers, sponsors,
+volunteers, online contributors, and IBM employees are expected to show
+courtesy for each other and our community by creating a harassment-free
+experience for everyone, regardless of age, personal appearance, disability,
+ethnicity, gender identity and expression, body size, level of experience,
+nationality, race, religion, caste, or sexual identity and orientation.
+Expected behavior applies to both online and offline engagement within the community.
+
+## Our Standards
+
+Examples of behavior that contributes to creating a positive environment
+include:
+
+- Using welcoming and inclusive language
+- Being respectful of differing viewpoints, experiences, and cultures
+- Gracefully accepting constructive criticism
+- Focusing on what is best for the community
+- Showing empathy towards other community members
+- Being mindful of your surroundings and your fellow participants and listening
+  to others
+- Valuing the contributions of all participants
+- Engaging in collaboration before conflict
+- Pointing out unintentionally racist, sexist, casteist, or biased comments and
+  jokes made by community members when they happen
+
+Examples of unacceptable behavior by participants, even when presented as
+"ironic" or "joking," include:
+
+- The use of sexualized language or imagery and unwelcome physical contact,
+  sexual attention, or advances
+- Trolling, insulting/derogatory comments, and personal or political attacks
+- Public or private harassment, including offensive or degrading language
+- Publishing others' private information, such as a physical or electronic
+  address, without explicit permission. This includes any sort of "outing" of
+  any aspect of someone's identity without their consent.
+- "Doxxing," Publishing screenshots or quotes, especially from identity slack
+  channels, private chat, or public events, without all quoted users' explicit
+  consent.
+- Engaging in spamming activities, such as repeatedly sending unsolicited messages,
+  LLMs (Large Language Models) output, advertisements, or promotional content to
+  community members without previous IBM authorization.
+- Other conduct which could reasonably be considered inappropriate in a
+  professional setting
+
+## Our Responsibilities
+
+The entire community is responsible for upholding the terms of the Code
+of Conduct in events and spaces and reporting violations if
+they see them. The internal team at IBM is ultimately responsible for
+clarifying the standards of acceptable behavior and enforcement, and is expected
+to take appropriate and fair corrective action in response to any instances of
+unacceptable behavior.
+
+If a participant or contributor engages in negative or harmful behavior, IBM
+will take any action they deem appropriate, including but not limited to
+issuing warnings, expulsion from an event with no refund, deleting comments,
+permanent banning from future events or online community, or calling local law
+enforcement. IBM has 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 temporarily or permanently ban any
+contributor or participant 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 nicklas.koertge1@ibm.com. 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.
+
+This Code of Conduct does not supersede existing IBM corporate policies, such as
+the IBM Business Conduct Guidelines and IBM Business Partner Code of Conduct.
+IBM employees must follow IBM's Business Conduct Guidelines. IBM's business
+partners must follow the IBM Business Partner Code of Conduct. IBM employees
+concerned with a fellow IBMer's behavior should follow IBM's own internal HR
+reporting protocols, which include engaging the offending IBMer's manager and
+involving IBM Concerns and Appeals. IBM employees concerned with an IBM
+business partner's behavior should notify tellibm@us.ibm.com.
+