Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2018 13:16:51 -0300 From: Federico Caminiti <demian.fc@gmail.com> To: Ted Hatfield <ted@io-tx.com> Cc: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD has a politics problem Message-ID: <CAGVyxZHZSL3hjavidrNCWLjrkj89qJB71QB5Vj-RAe6yQ-fiJQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.20.1803081349380.66877@io-tx.com> References: <20180308153450.CE84CD5ABC@emkei.cz> <CANfBKNv6O6wg=VkFXpDAEJKN_ONtUiFjz_fuOapANfxDFvuGsA@mail.gmail.com> <20180308170701.xsel5q3anidpymk6@fifo.io> <CAGVyxZH8EaWutSSA4SNmF82tL2a%2BDoA=NJBybvH85M3kUECEdQ@mail.gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.20.1803081349380.66877@io-tx.com>
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> > I've read the published Code of Conduct here: > > Yes, that's the one I've read too. > all of the provisions listed appear to me to be reasonable. > > Good. As pointed out above, some of the provisions listed do not sound reasonable to other people. > Rather than get all bent out of shape about the fact that it's based upon > the example policy at "Geek Feminism" I would like to hear exactly what's > in the code of conduct you object to. > > Dismissing complaints people might have about the CoC as unreasonable, just because you agreed with it in its entirety is not very nice thing to do. I find the language used to be ambiguous at best, US-Centric and almost unimplementable at worst. The *hug* clause needs to go, for example. In my culture no one would even bat an eye at someone writing *hug* in a comment. The provision as pointed out in other comments is childish and ridiculous. Also,the following > Deliberate "outing" of any private aspect of a person's identity without their consent *except as necessary to protect vulnerable people from intentional abuse*. (emphasis mine) It has the implication that it's ok to deliberately "out" a private aspect of a person's identity the person in charge of enforcing the CoC. Why do they feel this might be necessary to protect someone is beyond me. > Publication of non-harassing private communication without consent. What is the scope of this provision? Is quoting statements people made in a mailing list (such as this one) against the rules now? How would you go about obtaining consent for quoting people? Do we send a private email to someone before quoting them every time? > Sustained disruption of discussion. What counts as "sustained disruption of discussion"? Repeatedly telling someone that person is wrong is ok? Even when it is a technical discussion? Did they mean to say "repeatedly engaging in non-technical discussions"? If so, why not just write that? > This code of conduct applies to all spaces used by the FreeBSD Project, including our mailing lists, IRC channels, and social media, both online and off. How far does the scrutiny go? If I tweet about personal opinions, on our personal account, will I that be considered in scope for the CoC? I would hope not, but the CoC is not clear on that point and that possibility still exists. While we're at it, how about offensive language?...the CoC does not mention it. Is it now OK to swear on the mailing lists/forum, etc...? If it is not and I say the f-word on twitter (see previous point) does that mean the CoC comiteee will sanction me? > Unwelcome sexual attention. Is *welcome* sexual attention and/or comments OK on a **technical** mailing list? I also said that what concerns me is the lack of public discussion (see my previous post). If this was the result of something agreed upon by the community I might complain about it, but at least its the community itself that's going in that direction and there would have been some discussion on the issue. This was a decision made behind close doors, where donated money was spent (little or not) and where the community at large did not participate. And more money will be spent, apparently.Nothing was announced through official channels, unless you count BSDNow as an official channel, even then the announcement was made when the CoC was already enacted. My point about where the CoC was adopted from stems from the fact that most of the provisions I and other people who posted here find troublesome come from there. Also from the fact that it came completely out of the blue. Why not adopt a more neutral CoC? We don't need 3 different clauses about sexual comments. Sexual comments do not belong on mailing lists/forums intended for opperating systems development. I understand that this was done with the best of intentions, but even so, this is something that applies to the whole community.
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