On Wed, 2006-05-31 at 10:49 -0400, Dan Winship wrote: > Murray Cumming wrote: > > I wouldn't feel optimistic about a code of conduct that didn't represent > > our current consensus. > ... > > However, there's no shortage of people saying both that > > - Some improvement in behaviour is necessary > > These points don't fit together. If we are just making the current tacit > CoC explicit, then we would expect no change in behavior. If we are > trying to change behavior, then the CoC can't just represent the current > consensus.
I would think of the CoC as more of an (intentionally weak) enforcement mechanism, rather than a change in policy. If someone is being obnoxious, hopefully someone will drop an email and say something like, "Hey, try to keep the Code in mind, OK?" It seems that the worry with such an idea is that people will send emails more like, "Hey you violated the Code, you're not welcome in GNOME anymore." But we can try to avoid this with a sort of meta-CoC. Perhaps a paragraph along these lines: "* Be reasonable. This Code is just a set of suggestions for polite behavior. Everyone gets angry from time to time. Don't beat the Code of Conduct over the heads of others, and don't use it as a basis to bar people from participation in activities." (I haven't spent a while honing this language or anything.) Peter -- Peter Williams / [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list