Luis Villa wrote:
On 6/1/06, Telsa Gwynne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Ar Tue, May 30, 2006 at 01:04:43PM +0200, ysgrifennodd Murray Cumming:
> I don't think we need a whole organisation to police it. At the
least, it
> should just be how we expect people to behave on mailing lists and
IRC and
> it could be up to the administrator of that list or channel to decide
> whether somone's conduct is unacceptable. But maybe some people
would be
> reassured by the existence of some group that they could go to in
extreme
> circumstances.
>
> Here's a simple start:
> http://live.gnome.org/CodeOfConduct
>
> What do you think? What else would you like to see there?
I think this is a long-overdue thing to do.
I also think that there is no fun being part of a "community" which is
actually arguing the toss on whether "we think people should be
courteous
to each other within this community" is a good thing or not.
I don't think anyone is arguing against being courteous; I'm certainly
not. I just think we'd be better off focusing on actually making
people more courteous, instead of writing rules about it.
I sense we are all close to agreeing here... I think the fear is the
idea that rules will restrict us. The GPL is very restrictive but isn't
that what makes GPL software so free?
I like the idea of having guidelines that suggest the protection of
people from discrimination. Being a shy Canadian... if I was on IRC
witnessing silliness I would like the option of politely pointing
someone to a guidelines wiki page than actually arguing with them.
cheers,
David
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