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Recently, in the context of a small dispute and clear violation of both
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established policy and Code of Conduct, hparker raised the question,
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"why don't we treat all violators the same?" (This in the context of
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the ciaranm hearing a year ago.) This is a reasonable question, and
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I'd like to make a few observations, perhaps relevant to it.
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1. The vast majority of our developers and users are unfailingly
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polite and respectful in their correspondence. (Well, most of our
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developers are silent. If you pick any given thread (on -dev), I doubt
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if more that 20 people contribute, and I think for each thread, it's
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pretty much the same 20.)
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2. Occasionally, any one of us (developers or users collectively)
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will temporarily "lose it." I think at most such an event should
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trigger a (perhaps private) warning "Please don't do that --- you know
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better." I also think such a note along with an opportunity for the
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offender to cool off will solve the problem. This sort of event is
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normal now and then in a community our size, and generally there is no
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real harm.
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3. Some times, however, the offender will not "cool off", and there
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will be a complaint filed to devrel. This is when devrel steps in in
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a more formal capacity. In the normal course of events, the complaint
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is sent to the ombudsmen to try to effect a reconciliation, and they
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are usually successful. When they are not, then Homer's observation
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kicks in, and we have to process it. This is not a pleasant task.
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So I think the answer to hparker's question is that we try very hard
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to treat all violators the same way; fundamental fairness demands it.
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If you step back a bit from the ciaranm hearing, you will see that the
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entire stage 2, 3 process was active in that case.
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Hope this is at least marginally useful,
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Regards,
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Ferris
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- --
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Ferris McCormick (P44646, MI) <fmccor@g.o>
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Developer, Gentoo Linux (Sparc, Devrel)
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