Re: [sage-devel] Re: proposed amendment to code of conduct

2014-12-01 Thread kcrisman
Agreed. Most everybody would consider it a very positive outcome if there were a replacement thing of conduct that addresses the concerns many people have raised and gets passed almost unanimously. Please yes. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google

Re: [sage-devel] Re: proposed amendment to code of conduct

2014-12-01 Thread Nicolas M. Thiery
On Sat, Nov 29, 2014 at 01:35:05PM +0100, Thierry wrote: If a single person (or a small group) organizes the decision process for the community, then it is not by the community. I think this organizational task is also a collective task (this prevents situations like the one that is

Re: [sage-devel] Re: proposed amendment to code of conduct

2014-11-29 Thread Nicolas M. Thiery
On Sat, Nov 29, 2014 at 06:09:44AM +0100, Thierry wrote: OK, sorry if i misunderstood, you seemed to support a vote about that (even proposing a third alternative name) since your message was: A *poll*, not a *vote*. A poll sounds useful to get a sense of where the community stands to know

Re: [sage-devel] Re: proposed amendment to code of conduct

2014-11-29 Thread Nicolas M. Thiery
On Fri, Nov 28, 2014 at 07:18:26PM +, Simon King wrote: If I understand correctly what William and Volker are saying, they claim it is too late for a change anyway, Please reread. William has explicitly, and in several emails, stated the converse. Cheers,

Re: [sage-devel] Re: proposed amendment to code of conduct

2014-11-29 Thread Thierry
Hi, On Sat, Nov 29, 2014 at 12:40:16PM +0100, Nicolas M. Thiery wrote: On Sat, Nov 29, 2014 at 06:09:44AM +0100, Thierry wrote: OK, sorry if i misunderstood, you seemed to support a vote about that (even proposing a third alternative name) since your message was: A *poll*, not a *vote*. A

Re: [sage-devel] Re: proposed amendment to code of conduct

2014-11-28 Thread Nathann Cohen
I welcome your enthusiasm but please can we stick to established nomenclature? If you insist on not calling it Code then please also explain why Fedora and Django have made a mistake in naming it. O_o Dear friend, I am getting slowly convinced that one of us is crazy. Assuming, as I cannot

Re: [sage-devel] Re: proposed amendment to code of conduct

2014-11-28 Thread Jakob Kroeker
As already mentioned by others, the bad thing (at least from my point of view) is that the 'code of conduct' splits the community. To reduce the dissonance among us we could agree on something with broader support. Otherwise I hope that this discussion will end at some point, and I will try to

Re: [sage-devel] Re: proposed amendment to code of conduct

2014-11-28 Thread Nathann Cohen
Hello ! Will this be done by editing http://wiki.sagemath.org/CodeOfConduct or will a separate document be created? I guess the situations is already sufficiently chaotic as it is :-P I added the paragraph block to that page: http://wiki.sagemath.org/CodeOfConduct Whoever wants can modify it

Re: [sage-devel] Re: proposed amendment to code of conduct

2014-11-28 Thread Simon King
Hi! Am Freitag, 28. November 2014 15:08:48 UTC+1 schrieb Jakob Kroeker: Question 1: who of the initial 'yes' voters would insist to keep the term 'code of conduct' Question 2: who of the initial 'No' voters would accept the term 'guidelines' instead with content as is Question 3: who

Re: [sage-devel] Re: proposed amendment to code of conduct

2014-11-28 Thread Volker Braun
On Friday, November 28, 2014 1:09:38 PM UTC, Nathann Cohen wrote: I have no idea on earth what you are talking about. If you need frenglish lessons I can give you some. It is very simple: just speak french with an english accent. Of course most words will not translate, but you have to

Re: [sage-devel] Re: proposed amendment to code of conduct

2014-11-28 Thread Simon King
Am Freitag, 28. November 2014 15:44:08 UTC+1 schrieb Volker Braun: On Friday, November 28, 2014 1:09:38 PM UTC, Nathann Cohen wrote: I have no idea on earth what you are talking about. If you need frenglish lessons I can give you some. It is very simple: just speak french with an english

Re: [sage-devel] Re: proposed amendment to code of conduct

2014-11-28 Thread mmarco
I definitely like the idea of guidelines over code of conduct. El viernes, 28 de noviembre de 2014 15:08:48 UTC+1, Jakob Kroeker escribió: As already mentioned by others, the bad thing (at least from my point of view) is that the 'code of conduct' splits the community. To reduce the

Re: [sage-devel] Re: proposed amendment to code of conduct

2014-11-28 Thread William Stein
On Nov 28, 2014 7:02 AM, Simon King simon.k...@uni-jena.de wrote: Am Freitag, 28. November 2014 15:44:08 UTC+1 schrieb Volker Braun: On Friday, November 28, 2014 1:09:38 PM UTC, Nathann Cohen wrote: I have no idea on earth what you are talking about. If you need frenglish lessons I can give

Re: [sage-devel] Re: proposed amendment to code of conduct

2014-11-28 Thread Simon King
Hi Nathann, Am Freitag, 28. November 2014 15:11:30 UTC+1 schrieb Nathann Cohen: Hello ! Will this be done by editing http://wiki.sagemath.org/CodeOfConduct or will a separate document be created? I guess the situations is already sufficiently chaotic as it is :-P I added the

Re: [sage-devel] Re: proposed amendment to code of conduct

2014-11-28 Thread Nathann Cohen
Yooo ! Sorry, I first didn't see your reply. I am not sure about the common etiquette for wiki pages. Yes, I agree that it is messy. I think that we should feel free to edit whatever we like (while trying to respect the spirit somehow) otherwise we will keep adding stuff from fear of

Re: [sage-devel] Re: proposed amendment to code of conduct

2014-11-28 Thread Simon King
Am Freitag, 28. November 2014 16:06:55 UTC+1 schrieb William: Could someone please answer the question about further proceeding (I asked twice already): Do I understand correctly that there will be some editing on http://wiki.sagemath.org/CodeOfConduct before publishing the code of

Re: [sage-devel] Re: proposed amendment to code of conduct

2014-11-28 Thread William Stein
On Nov 28, 2014 7:17 AM, Simon King simon.k...@uni-jena.de wrote: Am Freitag, 28. November 2014 16:06:55 UTC+1 schrieb William: Could someone please answer the question about further proceeding (I asked twice already): Do I understand correctly that there will be some editing on

Re: [sage-devel] Re: proposed amendment to code of conduct

2014-11-28 Thread Simon King
Am Freitag, 28. November 2014 16:24:37 UTC+1 schrieb William: I see. That's the old trick of putting something on vote while it is still discussed. As a result, some people don't realise that the vote is exactly about the current state, and that one shouldn't vote yes but no if one just

Re: [sage-devel] Re: proposed amendment to code of conduct

2014-11-28 Thread Volker Braun
On Friday, November 28, 2014 3:02:24 PM UTC, Simon King wrote: Unfortunately that is exactly what is not the problem here. The association of code of conduct with codified law exists in English No, there is no association beyond the codified = written down. Of course the writing down part

Re: [sage-devel] Re: proposed amendment to code of conduct

2014-11-28 Thread Nathann Cohen
No, there is no association beyond the codified = written down. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criminal_code This is the kind of association we all have in mind. Nathann -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups sage-devel group. To unsubscribe from this

Re: [sage-devel] Re: proposed amendment to code of conduct

2014-11-28 Thread Volker Braun
Let me try a last time, just replace code with book: A book of laws is a book, but not every book is a book of laws. On Friday, November 28, 2014 4:12:47 PM UTC, Nathann Cohen wrote: No, there is no association beyond the codified = written down. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criminal_code

Re: [sage-devel] Re: proposed amendment to code of conduct

2014-11-28 Thread Nathann Cohen
Let me try a last time, just replace code with book: We will never understand. Give it up ! It is unfortunate, but to us code is associated with law. Nathann -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups sage-devel group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop

Re: [sage-devel] Re: proposed amendment to code of conduct

2014-11-28 Thread Nicolas M. Thiery
On Fri, Nov 28, 2014 at 06:08:47AM -0800, Jakob Kroeker wrote: Question 1: who of the initial 'yes' voters would insist to keep the term 'code of conduct' Question 2: who of the initial 'No' voters would accept the term 'guidelines' instead with content as is Question 3: who

Re: [sage-devel] Re: proposed amendment to code of conduct

2014-11-28 Thread Viviane Pons
As a yes voter, I would be totally in favor of changing the name to guidelines. As Nathann pointed out, we're not Django or Fedora and even though they can be source of inspiration, we don't have to do something just because they do. Also, the linguistic debate about what code means is a bit

Re: [sage-devel] Re: proposed amendment to code of conduct

2014-11-28 Thread William Stein
On Fri, Nov 28, 2014 at 9:01 AM, Viviane Pons vivianep...@gmail.com wrote: As a yes voter, I would be totally in favor of changing the name to guidelines. As Nathann pointed out, we're not Django or Fedora and even though they can be source of inspiration, we don't have to do something just

Re: [sage-devel] Re: proposed amendment to code of conduct

2014-11-28 Thread Vincent Delecroix
It is not an opposition of terms code of conduct vs guidelines or whatever. The main problem is not the title but the form and some of the content! Let me point out what I found very bad in it - All paragraphs are orders Be [...] Be [...] Be [...] If you treat people like

Re: [sage-devel] Re: proposed amendment to code of conduct

2014-11-28 Thread Thierry
On Fri, Nov 28, 2014 at 06:00:31PM +0100, Nicolas M. Thiery wrote: On Fri, Nov 28, 2014 at 06:08:47AM -0800, Jakob Kroeker wrote: Question 1: who of the initial 'yes' voters would insist to keep the term 'code of conduct' Question 2: who of the initial 'No' voters would accept the

Re: [sage-devel] Re: proposed amendment to code of conduct

2014-11-28 Thread Nicolas M. Thiery
On Fri, Nov 28, 2014 at 06:58:00PM +0100, Thierry wrote: No, there is no consensus at all. It is not because a few people are going round on some naming issue that all other issues are settled (not even that particular issue either). I am not saying that it suffices to change the name. Yet

Re: [sage-devel] Re: proposed amendment to code of conduct

2014-11-28 Thread William Stein
- William Stein (cell phone) On Nov 28, 2014 11:32 AM, Simon King simon.k...@uni-jena.de wrote: Hi Vincent, On 2014-11-28, Vincent Delecroix 20100.delecr...@gmail.com wrote: If you treat people like children, you should not expect from them to be adults. +1 - The previous vote

Re: [sage-devel] Re: proposed amendment to code of conduct

2014-11-28 Thread Viviane Pons
2014-11-28 20:24 GMT+01:00 Simon King simon.k...@uni-jena.de: Hi Viviane, On 2014-11-28, Viviane Pons vivianep...@gmail.com wrote: As a yes voter, I would be totally in favor of changing the name to guidelines. So, technically, your yes vote should in fact be counted as no, because the

Re: [sage-devel] Re: proposed amendment to code of conduct

2014-11-28 Thread Vincent Delecroix
- If there is a violation of a code of conduct, it means that it was a rule. I like very much the modification of Anne about how to behave when such a violation occurs (people are not police). Apparently I missed it. Can you point me to what Anne said? Anyway, I totally agree that an

Re: [sage-devel] Re: proposed amendment to code of conduct

2014-11-28 Thread William Stein
On Nov 28, 2014 12:21 PM, Simon King simon.k...@uni-jena.de wrote: Hi William, On 2014-11-28, William Stein wst...@gmail.com wrote: Yes, I created it. The members are me, David Joyner (sage Dev #2), and Harald Schilly. Interesting. Previously there was talk about the 12 (or so) main

Re: [sage-devel] Re: proposed amendment to code of conduct

2014-11-28 Thread Vincent Delecroix
Hi, 2014-11-28 15:48 UTC−06:00, maldun dom...@gmx.net: Hi all! I quite watched this discussion for this so called code of conduct. There are a lot of opponents of this idea and I wonder why. Please tell me who? As far as I read, nobody proposed to have nothing. We are just discussing what.

Re: [sage-devel] Re: proposed amendment to code of conduct

2014-11-28 Thread Vincent Delecroix
Hi, I updated a proposition at the very end of the wiki page http://wiki.sagemath.org/CodeOfConduct It is not aimed to be finished or proposed to vote right now. No usurpation please. Vincent -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups sage-devel group. To

Re: [sage-devel] Re: proposed amendment to code of conduct

2014-11-28 Thread Viviane Pons
2014-11-28 23:43 GMT+01:00 Simon King simon.k...@uni-jena.de: Hi Vincent, On 2014-11-28, Vincent Delecroix 20100.delecr...@gmail.com wrote: Please tell me who? As far as I read, nobody proposed to have nothing. I did propose to have nothing. I still think that setting good examples is

Re: [sage-devel] Re: proposed amendment to code of conduct

2014-11-28 Thread maldun
On Friday, November 28, 2014 11:04:08 PM UTC+1, vdelecroix wrote: Hi, 2014-11-28 15:48 UTC−06:00, maldun dom...@gmx.net javascript:: Hi all! I quite watched this discussion for this so called code of conduct. There are a lot of opponents of this idea and I wonder why.

Re: [sage-devel] Re: proposed amendment to code of conduct

2014-11-28 Thread Andrew
On Saturday, 29 November 2014 02:04:41 UTC+11, mmarco wrote: I definitely like the idea of guidelines over code of conduct. As one of the people who voted yes, I definitely prefer guidelines. I also think that those who care should work towards editing the guidelines on the wiki with the

Re: [sage-devel] Re: proposed amendment to code of conduct

2014-11-28 Thread Thierry
Hi, On Fri, Nov 28, 2014 at 07:27:38PM +0100, Nicolas M. Thiery wrote: On Fri, Nov 28, 2014 at 06:58:00PM +0100, Thierry wrote: No, there is no consensus at all. It is not because a few people are going round on some naming issue that all other issues are settled (not even that particular