> On the other hand, I am open to suggestions on how to express > those values in a way that modern twitter-ites can better understand
Probably via selfie, with a duckface, together with your evening meal in the background. On Mon, Oct 22, 2018 at 4:30 PM Richard Hipp <d...@sqlite.org> wrote: > On 10/22/18, Chris Brody <chris.br...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Looks like that happened this morning. > >> https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18273530 > > > > I saw it coming, tried to warn you guys in private. > > There is indeed a reactionary hate mob forming on twitter. But most > of the thoughtful commentators have been supportive, even if they > disagree with the particulars of our CoC, They total get that we are > not being exclusive, but rather setting a standard of behavior for > participation in the SQLite community. > > I have tried to make that point clear in the preface to the CoC, that > we have no intention of enforcing any particular religious system on > anybody, and that everyone is welcomed to participate in the community > regardless of ones religious proclivities. The only requirement is > that while participating in the SQLite community, your behavior not be > in direct conflict with time-tested and centuries-old Christian > ethics. Nobody has to adhere to a particular creed. Merely > demonstrate professional behavior and all is well. > > Many detractors appear to have not read the preface, or if they read > it, they did not understand it. This might be because I have not > explained it well. The preface has been revised, months ago, to > address prior criticism from the twitter crowd. I think the current > preface is definitely an improvement over what was up at first. But, > there might be ways of improving it further. Thoughtful suggestions > are welcomed. > > So the question then arises: If strict adherence to the Rule of St. > Benedict is not required, why even have a CoC? > > Several reasons: First, "professional behavior" is ill-defined. What > is professional to some might be unprofessional to others. The Rule > attempts to clarify what "professional behavior" means. When I was > first trying to figure out what CoC to use (under pressure from > clients) I also considered secular sources, such as Benjamin > Franklin's 13 virtues (http://www.thirteenvirtues.com/) but ended up > going with the Instruments of Good Works from St. Benedict's Rule as > it provide more examples. > > Secondly, I view a CoC not so much as a legal code as a statement of > the values of the core developers. All current committers to SQLite > approved the CoC before I published it. A single dissent would have > been sufficient for me to change course. Taking down the current CoC > would not change our values, it would merely obscure them. Isn't it > better to be open and honest about who we are? > > Thirdly, having a written CoC is increasingly a business requirement. > (I published the currrent CoC after two separate business requested > copies of our company CoC. They did not say this was a precondition > for doing business with them, but there was that implication.) There > has been an implicit code of conduct for SQLite from the beginning, > and almost everybody has gotten along with it just fine. Once or > twice I have had to privately reprove offenders, but those are rare > exceptions. Publishing the current CoC back in February is merely > making explicit what has been implicit from the beginning. Nothing > has really changed. I did not draw attention to the CoC back in > February because all I really needed then was a hyperlink to send to > those who were specifically curious. > > So then, why not use a more modern CoC? I looked at that too, but > found the so-called "modern" CoCs to be vapid. They are trendy > feel-good statements that do not really get to the heart of the matter > in the way the the ancient Rule does. By way of analogy, I view > modern CoCs as being like pop music - selling millions of copies today > and completely forgotten next year. I prefer something more enduring, > like Mozart. > > One final reason for publishing the current CoC is as a preemptive > move, to prevent some future customer from imposing on us one of those > modern CoCs that I so dislike. > > In summary: The values expressed by the current CoC have been > unchanged for decades and will not be changing as we move forward. If > some people are uncomfortable with those values, then I am very sorry > for them, but that does not change the fact. On the other hand, I am > open to suggestions on how to express those values in a way that > modern twitter-ites can better understand, so do not hesitate to speak > up if you have a plan. > -- > D. Richard Hipp > d...@sqlite.org > _______________________________________________ > sqlite-users mailing list > sqlite-users@mailinglists.sqlite.org > http://mailinglists.sqlite.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users > _______________________________________________ sqlite-users mailing list sqlite-users@mailinglists.sqlite.org http://mailinglists.sqlite.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users
