Link to shared CODE_OF_CONDUCT

Issue gh-8396

CONTRIBUTING.adoc

@@ -4,8 +4,7 @@ _Please refer back to this document as a checklist before issuing any pull reque
 
 = Code of Conduct
 
-This project adheres to the Contributor Covenant link:CODE_OF_CONDUCT.adoc[code of conduct].
+Please see our https://github.com/spring-projects/.github/blob/master/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md[code of conduct]
-By participating, you  are expected to uphold this code. Please report unacceptable behavior to spring-code-of-conduct@pivotal.io.
 
 = Similar but different
 

README.adoc

@@ -10,8 +10,7 @@ a minimum and also requires Java 8.
 For a detailed list of features and access to the latest release, please visit https://spring.io/projects[Spring projects].
 
 == Code of Conduct
-This project adheres to the Contributor Covenant link:CODE_OF_CONDUCT.adoc[code of conduct].
+Please see our https://github.com/spring-projects/.github/blob/master/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md[code of conduct]
-By participating, you  are expected to uphold this code. Please report unacceptable behavior to spring-code-of-conduct@pivotal.io.
 
 == Downloading Artifacts
 See https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-framework/wiki/Downloading-Spring-artifacts[downloading Spring artifacts] for Maven repository information.