I highly agree with the spirit of the CoC, but with this discussion I realize that taking the following part literally would forbid me to give people credit when listening to them during a KohaCon:
"Harassment includes, but is not limited to: […] • Posting (or threatening to post) other people’s personally identifying information. […] Names are the mother of personally identifying information and since a good reputation is sort of the currency in a FOSS-community not being able to publicly give people credit seems counter productive :) I guess the paragraph is ment to cover giving credit, but as I read it that may be the effect(?) Kind regards/Viktor Viktor Sarge Utvecklingsledare Regionbibliotek Halland Kultur i Halland TFN: 035-17 98 73 E-POST: viktor.sa...@regionhalland.se BESÖKSADRESS: Södra vägen 9, 30180 Halmstad WEBB: www.regionhalland.se/regionbibliotek 26 sep 2014 kl. 21:49 skrev glaws <glaw...@rhcl.org>: > I have some concerns about the Koha Community Code of Conduct posted here: > > http://koha-community.org/about/policy/code-of-conduct/ > <http://koha-community.org/about/policy/code-of-conduct/> > > My specific concern is the second bullet point: > > Harassment includes, but is not limited to: > > * ---snip--- > * Verbal, graphic or written comments related to gender, gender > identity, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body > size, race or religion > > > which seems overly broad. > > Examples > > If, during a conference breaking for lunch, I say to a group of > attendees "I'm Buddhist, is there a vegetarian restaurant near here?", I > would seem to have violated this point (verbal...comment...religion). > > Or if I'm a presenter, and I make a comment for illustrative purposes, > like "Just as people come in all sizes, libraries also vary in size and > Koha is great for all of them", have I violated the code? > > Or if I'm with a group of attendees planning on going out somewhere, and > I say "I have <insert any health problem>, and I can't walk with you > that far", is that a violation? > > I would like to suggest that the wording for this particular point > include something to the effect that the references must be obviously > negative in nature or perhaps intended to give offense to to an average > person _based_on_some_reasonable_standard_. > > > -- > Greg Lawson > > _______________________________________________ > Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org > Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz > http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha _______________________________________________ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha