2015-05-23 17:41 GMT+02:00 Marina Zhurakhinskaya <mari...@redhat.com>:
> What do you think about adopting a detailed code of conduct, similar to the > one used for GUADEC 2014 [3], for all GNOME events and creating a similarly > detailed code of conduct for the GNOME community? Having a final version of the Code of Conduct (from now, CoC) for the yearly GNOME events is definitely something the new Board should look at during the next term. While we can't legally enforce anything - as we don't have the jurisdiction to do so - it's important for new and existing contributors to know what they should expect from an event the GNOME Foundation organizes. The events we promote see the participation of contributors and users from all over the world coming from different countries, religions and habits having in common their love for the GNOME platform and community. One of our duties, as Board members, is to ensure these people feel comfortable participating at the events we promote and that no harassment or other inappropriate behaviour takes place on any of these events. In addition the CoC should be the document where offended people can find a local contact to report the inappropriate behaviour they were target of. There seems to be a misunderstanding [1] on what the purpose of a CoC is and how enforceable one might be and at what level. The GNOME Foundation (or any other private organization) does not have the jurisdiction to enforce a document such as the one proposed for the GUADEC 2014 edition [2]. A breakage of the CoC does not directly result in a civil or penal sanction of any form unless the relevant legal entity (police, local law enforcement) verifies the occurrence and issues it. The same applies with a different communication channel such as the Internet where abusers might get a ban for their account or IP without receiving any other possible legal consequence. That said breaking any of the "rules" (I would define them as "General guidelines when participating to a GNOME event") won't result in a lawsuit or other local law enforcement *unless* the behaviour is explicitly listed as in illicit (violation of a duty, obligation or generally considered as harmful for other people) from a law of the State where the event is taking place. In the case of GNOME's CoC (I'm looking at the GUADEC 2014 edition) pretty much all the "offending behaviours" listed there would be considered as illicit from the vast majority of countries in the world as they truly represent a menace to people's dignity, integrity and freedom and thus enforceable even by the local law enforcement. [1] https://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2015-May/msg00052.html [2] https://2014.guadec.org/conduct/ -- Cheers, Andrea Debian Developer, Fedora / EPEL packager, GNOME Infrastructure Team Coordinator, GNOME Foundation Board of Directors Secretary, GNOME Foundation Membership & Elections Committee Chairman Homepage: http://www.gnome.org/~av _______________________________________________ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list