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On Fri, May 24, 2013 at 01:46:38PM +0200, Tomáš Chvátal wrote: |
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> Basic social consents that our project works with are: |
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> - Be considerate |
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> - Be responsible |
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> - Be respectful |
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> - Be collaborative |
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> - Support others in the community and get support from them |
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Beyond this, can we as a community suggest some useful resources on |
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encouraging good practices, rather than listing bad practices? |
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I'll start off with two things that have come to mind from this thread. |
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Buddhist ethics principles, primarily the concept of 'Right speech' (but |
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much of the rest of the Buddhist principles are also useful): |
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noble_Eightfold_Path#Right_speech |
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2. |
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Elsewhere in this thread it was noted that some long-standing developers |
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were being oppressive to new developers, but didn't realize it. To |
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counter that, I think that the original essay by Peggy McIntosh, |
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"White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack" would be a useful |
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read: |
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http://www.amptoons.com/blog/files/mcintosh.html |
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Robin Hugh Johnson |
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Gentoo Linux: Developer, Trustee & Infrastructure Lead |
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E-Mail : robbat2@g.o |
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