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From: Roy Bamford <neddyseagoon@g.o>
To: gentoo-project@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-project] Gentoo Code of Conduct
Date: Sun, 26 May 2013 13:11:13
Message-Id: 1369573869.2793.1@NeddySeagoon_SSD
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-project] Gentoo Code of Conduct by Rich Freeman
1 On 2013.05.26 13:40, Rich Freeman wrote:
2 > On Sun, May 26, 2013 at 7:32 AM, Roy Bamford
3 > <neddyseagoon@g.o>
4 > wrote:
5 > > I would delete everything from "Examples of inappropriate behavior"
6 > to
7 > > the credits at the end. Escalation, punishment and appeal is
8 > already
9 > > covered by devrel documentation.
10 > >
11 >
12 > I suspect that lack of punishment was basically the whole reason the
13 > original CoC was written, and the whole reason the topic came up
14 > again.
15 >
16 > > If you want to say anything about enforcement in the CoC remind
17 > readers
18 > > that everyone is responsible for enforcement.
19 >
20 > That sounds a bit like nobody is responsible for enforcement. The
21 > only thing devs can do to basically do what they're already doing -
22 > having running arguments on the lists. The only way to block
23 > inappropriate behavior is to moderate it.
24 >
25 > Whether we want to do that is up to the community, but the existing
26 > CoC is fine as-is if you don't want to do anything about enforcement,
27 > IMHO.
28 >
29 > Rich
30 >
31 >
32
33 We have already tried the <small group> is responsible for enforcement
34 approach.
35
36 Even if we encourage everyone to intervene, most won't, for many
37 reasons, so in practice we are back to the <small group> again.
38
39 --
40 Regards,
41
42 Roy Bamford
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