That's exactly what I'm trying to do. El sáb., 23 jun. 2018 0:17, Cameron Shorter <cameron.shor...@gmail.com> escribió:
> (Changed title to reflect this conversation is about Code-of-Conduct > improvements). > > Maria, > > I'm going to float a "wish-ware" idea here. Wishware is where someone > wishes for a piece of software (or CoC in this case) and some magic > geek-fairies go and write it for them because the idea is so good that > others are attracted to make it happen. > > I wish that instead of every foundation and project writing their own CoC, > everyone bands together and creates a "Code-of-Conduct Foundation" which > takes responsibility for creating a set of standard Code of Conducts, which > are maintained by everyone. Something like the Creative Commons licenses > for data, or the Open Source licenses defined by OSI. > > Then we don't need to spend huge amounts of time debating words within our > CoC, all we do is decide if we go with CoC-Virtual-Forums or > CoC-Face-Conferences, or CoC-Short-Version, or .... (whatever they end up > being called). > > This would require one person initially, growing into a team of people, > who would draw together the various authors of Codes-of-Conduct, and > attract a commitment from a few projects to use the new Code-of-Conduct. > > Maybe this might be your calling? It would be a huge amount of effort, but > would also be hugely valuable and an excellent gift to humanity. > > On 23/6/18 7:58 am, María Arias de Reyna wrote: > > > > El vie., 22 jun. 2018 23:35, Cameron Shorter <cameron.shor...@gmail.com> > escribió: > >> >> Maria, re the Code-of-Conduct, I agree with Christian. Rewriting it to >> create rules which consider all future opportunities for human conflict is >> utopian, impractical and ultimately unachievable. >> > > I agree with that. But a static CoC is also impractical, considering that > in the last years CoCs have advanced a lot and now we know what works > better on each kind of organizations. > > What I propose is to evolve, not to throw all the work already done. As I > already said on previous mails, the work done was outstanding for the time > it was written. Which may seem very recently but considering how much we > have advanced, is already old. > > There have been a huge number of person-hours which have been put into the >> numerous Code-Of-Conducts which our OSGeo Code-Of-Conduct was based upon. I >> think we keep our Code-of-Conduct as simple as possible, and rely on our >> underlying morals, ethics, and collective intelligence to address concerns >> as they arise. >> > > My plan is not to complicate it, but to make it stronger. > > Let me give you one simple example of something that doesn't make sense > right now: > > We cannot say dirty words, but we can harass someone using beautiful words > as long as we claim good intent. That doesn't make sense. > > So, precisely one of the things you quote above as what we should do is > one of the things that are wrong. > > This article can explain the situation better than me: > https://thebias.com/2017/09/26/how-good-intent-undermines-diversity-and-inclusion/ > > This would be the easiest thing to propose to change because once you > understand it, it becomes obvious. But there's more. > > >> > -- > Cameron Shorter > Technology Demystifier > Open Technologies and Geospatial Consultant > > M +61 (0) 419 142 254 > >
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