On Tue, 2021-06-29 at 15:45 -0500, Bari wrote: > On 6/29/21 3:21 PM, Valerio Bellizzomi wrote: > > > On Tue, 2021-06-29 at 13:42 -0600, R C wrote: > > > On 6/29/21 11:09 AM, Valerio Bellizzomi wrote: > > > > The whole purpose of a CoC is telling people how to behave with > > > > respect > > > > to each other. Basically you are free to think as you will > > > > provided > > > > that you act as the CoC says. > > > > > > > > Regards > > > > > > > and that is why it is inappropriate, and useless, there is no way > > > you > > > can predict how/what offends people (and nowadays. Creating > > > rules > > > for > > > what/how/when and to whom what can be said, well, there are > > > countries > > > where you can happily follow those rules. > > > > This is what I think: > > > > The point of a CoC is to tell people that the expected behavior is > > to > > act kindly with respect to each other, and the CoC must foresee and > > provide means to resolve any controvercies that may arise, and do > > this > > kindly as much as possible in order to reestablish the community > > aggregation and mutual respect. > > > > I don't understand why there is so much friction on adopting a CoC, > > the > > vast majority of open source projects around the world has a CoC > > which > > is created, reviewed and accepted by community members. > > > > The only point I can make is that we need a community revision and > > voting of the CoC. > > > > Regards > > > The problem is with what is perceived as acceptable and by whom. > Different people perceive things differently based on their > background, > experiences, education, parenting, intelligence, age, environment, > country they live in, etc. etc. > > Another thing to consider is what is LinuxCNC? What is the board of > directors? is this a democracy or a dictatorship or something else? > Who > decides which persons that this applies to? Users, persons in IRC, > developers that wish to have their code included in the main > distribution, forum posters, etc who is this for and what is the > real > reason for this? > > It is a slippery slope.
That is why I suggested the W3C Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct. W3C is a worldwide consortium, thus you can be assured that the definition of "acceptable" is a definition which is shared worldwide. _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
