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From: Seemant Kulleen <seemantk@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-project@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-project] Proposal for Council: Prohibit Harassment & Discrimination via the CoC
Date: Sat, 25 Apr 2015 22:34:56
Message-Id: CAJEWDoWZJs9wUFcuQQR1Q_4nBnV3bBcVJk1yX4ZjvP4Mb6uwAQ@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-project] Proposal for Council: Prohibit Harassment & Discrimination via the CoC by Rich Freeman
1 Great to see that community guidelines are being curated!
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3 I humbly suggest looking at the Citizen Code of Conduct as a fairly
4 comprehensive and clearly worded template: http://citizencodeofconduct.org/
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6 Cheers,
7 Seemant
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17 On 25 April 2015 at 15:08, Rich Freeman <rich0@g.o> wrote:
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19 > On Sat, Apr 25, 2015 at 4:42 PM, Robin H. Johnson <robbat2@g.o>
20 > wrote:
21 > > On Sat, Apr 25, 2015 at 07:31:01AM -0400, Rich Freeman wrote:
22 > >
23 > >> As a semi-professional environment the stuff in that list doesn't
24 > >> really belong on our media. I don't think the wording as it stands
25 > >> would justify a ban on sci-biology/anatomy-atlas either. If somebody
26 > >> can think of a better way to word it so that Gentoo isn't banned at
27 > >> medical conferences, feel free to propose it.
28 > > I don't see how my proposal would get us banned at a medical conference,
29 > > can you clarify?
30 >
31 > Sorry, I was referring to the bit about "sexual language and images in
32 > public spaces." Would it be against policy for me to demonstrate a
33 > hypothetical human anatomy application under the Gentoo banner at a
34 > medical conference?
35 >
36 > A bit contrived - I was just musing about Patrick's comment. Talking
37 > about sexuality or images that are debate-ably "sexual" in nature can
38 > be done in a completely professional environment. In any case I'm
39 > pretty sure the intent of the policy is not to ban such activities.
40 >
41 > It is the whole "I can't define it, but I know it when I see it" business.
42 >
43 > In any case, improvements to the wording are welcome, but at some
44 > point we have to understand the intent and trust those who will
45 > enforce it accordingly.
46 >
47 > --
48 > Rich
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