[gentoo-project] Proposal for Council: Prohibit Harassment & Discrimination via the CoC

[Robin H. Johnson]

Hi all,

I've been a developer in Gentoo a very long time. I've seen a lot of
good behavior, but I've also seen a lot of arguments and nasty behavior:
- when tempers flared over Zynot and later, Exherbo
- when we had some epic-length thread on the mailing lists, 
- when some developers took objected to each other on a basis of various stereotypes.  
- More recently, infra staff have received some vitriol by anonymous
  parties unhappy with progress.

From these incidents, we had the Ombudsman (GLEP7) [1]; and ill-fated
Proctors project (who's past existence is not even visible in the wiki
or new webpage), who while well-intentioned, was unfortunately perceived
as being heavy-handed hall monitors/school prefects.

I think this is really not cool, and the parties involved are, to put it
as a summary, being jerks.

To that end, I believe it would be in Gentoo's best interests to
explicitly declare that we will not stand for either discrimination nor
harassment, in any form, by anybody. To do that, we must define
harassment/discrimination, both specifically and broadly, and ensure
that the CoC is applied to all parties.

Unofficially on #gentoo-infra, in the past, I've tried to speak to
parties responsible for all "bad" actions that I've directly witnessed.
I've also made it clear that I'd like the infra team to act like they
were in a highly visible paid job, where their remarks and actions
reflect negatively on us as a whole [3].

This changes below are based on the "Conference Code of Conduct" [2] as
originally set out by JSconf and the Ada Initiative. Many other
conferences have adopted this, with the addition of: "tl;dr don't be a
jerk" as the summary. 

I have deliberately not made any changes to the CoC "Consequences"
section, as such should be a separate discussion if any are needed,
which I don't think they presently are.

Motion proposals:
I would like the council to formally amend the Gentoo Code of Conduct as
follows:
===
1. Under "Scope"
1.1. New Paragraph, before the "Important" Box:
  For the purposes of this Code of Conduct, the Gentoo community
  includes all developers, users, and members of the Foundation.
2. New subsection under "Behaviour and Consequences"
2.1. "tl;dr: Don't be a jerk."
3. Under "Unacceptable Behaviour"
3.1. s/Gentoo developers have/The Gentoo Community has/
3.2. Add a new bullet point:
  <b>Harassing & Discrimination</b>. Harassing & Discrimination
  includes, but is not limited to offensive comments in relation to:
  gender; gender identity and expression; age; sexual orientation;
  disability; physical appearance; body size; race; religion;
  citizenship; nationality and familial status. It also includes: sexual
  language and images in public spaces; deliberate intimidation;
  stalking; following; harassing photography or recording; sustained
  disruption of threads, talks or other events; inappropriate physical
  contact; and unwelcome sexual attention.
4. Amend the document footer:
4.1. Add a reference to the Conference Code of Conduct site, as required
     by the CC-BY 3.0 license terms [4].
===

[1] Ombudsman were a good concept, and I did unofficial mediate some
	disputes when g2boojum was unavailable, but it was far more
	time-consuming and soul-draining than originally envisioned by the
	GLEP.
[2] Conference Code of Conduct:
    http://confcodeofconduct.com/
[3] It would be nice to have this as an expectation of all developers
    and users, but I recognize a pipe dream when I see it.
[4] licenses team (beyond me): Is mixing CC-BY 3.0 content into a
    CC-BY-SA 3.0 document permitted, or does that violate the "no additional
	restrictions" clause?

-- 
Robin Hugh Johnson
Gentoo Linux: Developer, Infrastructure Lead
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