Alan Burlison wrote:
> On 12/07/2010 18:41, Garrett D'Amore wrote:
>
>> Btw, I'm not sure, do we actually have a written policy forbidding
>> profanity? On the one hand, it seems clear that the message in question
>> that started this activity was both unduly hostile and unduly vulgar, it
>> would be good to have a clear rule whether any profanity at all is
>> forbidden, just for consistency. (I think I've seen other profanity
>> used in less hostile and vulgar contexts, that didn't trigger such a
>> response though I've not gone back and checked for specific cases.
>> While I'm not particularly sensitive, I think having consistent rules
>> here would be good.)
>
> http://hub.opensolaris.org/bin/view/Main/tou
>
> "3) You are prohibited from posting or transmitting to or from this
> Website any unlawful, threatening, libelous, defamatory, obscene,
> pornographic, or profane material"
>
> These cases usually come down to a judgement call on what constitutes
> "unreasonable behaviour", and that is notoriously difficult to legislate
> for. However in these cases, warnings had been given and had been
> ignored. We therefore felt that a ban was the appropriate response. As
> I've said, I sincerely hope it's an action we will not have to repeat.
The mails in question also violate the Code of Conduct adopted by the OGB:
http://hub.opensolaris.org/bin/view/Main/values#HCodeofConduct
Use of profanities directed at other participants, whether individual or
corporate, do not count as "be respectful", and fall afoul of "there is
no excuse for poor behavior or personal attacks." Using them to express
frustration at a situation ("I was going to submit a code contribution,
but it was on my f*ing disk that died") would not violate those
rules, though it may not be the best way to create a community inclusive
of those who do not like to see that language in any situation.
--
-Alan Coopersmith- alan.coopersm...@oracle.com
Oracle Solaris Platform Engineering: X Window System
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