Re: [gentoo-project] Temporary DevRel actions for CoC violations

[Markos Chandras <hwoarang@gentoo.org>]

On 20 June 2013 22:34, Chí-Thanh Christopher Nguyễn <chithanh@gentoo.org> wrote:
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> Markos Chandras schrieb:
>> In the meantime, to prevent further escalations,  I will use my lead
>> powers to request immediate bans whenever I see one of you violate the
>> CoC[2] and ignore the previous warnings.
>>
>> My fellow developers, it's time you finally realize that you are part of
>> a community and you must learn to behave and respect each other even if
>> you have different technical views. We are all people sharing a common
>> interest: Gentoo.
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> So, gathering some of the responses I tried to draw a complete picture of
> what is going to happen (where references are not publicly archived, I
> supplied their Message-ID):
>
> Enforcement of CoC will be proactive, not reactive[0,1]. This in my
> understanding means that devrel will not wait for reports of CoC
> violations. Instead, they or their assistants will be policing mailing
> lists and bugzilla[2] for infractions, and make an example of the first
> developer who transgresses the CoC[3].
>
> Bannable offenses will not be limited to direct personal insults, but also
> include trolling, being judgmental[4], labeling proposals or software as
> "crap"[5], saying things that could be seen as offensive in certain
> cultures or to people with certain personality traits[6], as well as making
> non-constructive statements[7].
>
> To me this is a very grim picture. If hope it is not accurate, but if it is
> I hereby speak out against this. I'd like to see any emergency action
> limited to response to personal attacks and insults, and any stricter rules
> set only in place after Council decision.
>
>

No it is not accurate. You need to read the threads again. For
example, nobody ever said that
we will punish people for calling a software "crap". Please read more
carefully what I wrote.
I also said that we will warn people before we kick them out. Again,
please read more carefully what
I wrote before.

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Regards,
Markos Chandras - Gentoo Linux Developer
http://dev.gentoo.org/~hwoarang