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Jon Portnoy said: |
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> On Tue, Jul 20, 2004 at 12:23:23AM +0000, Kurt Lieber wrote: |
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>> I have seen this and I strongly disagreed with it then and now. I |
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>> don't believe it is *ever* appropriate for devrel to censor devs, |
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>> whether it be temporarily or permanently. As long as it is done |
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>> professionally and courteously, devs should be able to express |
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>> themselves freely imo. |
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> I absolutely agree. I very much don't want devrel to be in the thought |
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> police business. |
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In a (hypothetical) situation where a developer is behaving |
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inappropriately and seems to ignore repeated warnings, I see two answers: |
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1) Prior restraint based on reasonable expectation of continued |
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misbehavior in a specific area |
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2) Suspension/dismissal based on past behavior |
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They both accomplish the same thing -- preventing someone from behaving in |
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a manner unbefitting a Gentoo developer while in that person's role as a |
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Gentoo representative. If you look closely, these options are really |
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different levels of the same scale -- a developer suspended for certain |
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actions is unlikely to do them again. Also note that there is _no way_ for |
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anyone in Gentoo to truly apply prior restraint to a Gentoo developer. We |
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can't stop you from doing anything -- we can just apply consequences if |
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you do. |
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Note that I am not saying anything about in which cases such consequences |
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should be applied. There's nothing wrong with expressing an opinion, as |
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long as it doesn't invade the rights of others. |
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Example: I hate cafeterias. I express this opinion by burning them, which |
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invades the rights of others to eat there. |
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Example: I hate GNU Queue. I express this opinion by trolling its mailing |
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list, expressing my extremely low opinions without any factual |
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justification, going out of my way to annoy the developer and user |
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communities and generally making the whole atmosphere quite unfriendly. |
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Other suggestions on how to deal with this are welcome. |
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Thanks, |
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Donnie |
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