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?
It is incredible that after so many years those questions are still open. They should have been resolved many years ago, when the community was born. > 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. Usually the leadership is voted and elected by members, and the CoC should be applied to *everything* involving the community, so Users, persons in IRC, developers that wish to have their code included in the main distribution, forum posters, visitors, external experts, and this is not an exhaustive list. _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
