Re: Code of Conduct for our community

[Paul Williamson <paul () mustbeart com>]

On Mon, Aug 24, 2020 at 2:15 AM Uli Heilmeier <zeugs () heilmeier eu> wrote:

> Am 05.08.20 um 19:06 schrieb Richard Sharpe:
> > > As discussed in the last Remote Developer Den meeting I see a Code of
> Conduct (CoC) as helpful for our community.
> > Why? Nothing is broken at the moment, so nothing needs fixing, AFAICT.
>
> For me this is about improving and not about fixing.

Indeed. When nothing is visibly broken is the easiest time to add a Code of
Conduct.

I say "visibly broken" because we can't know how many people have walked
away silently after seeing that we have no rules and no consequences for
bad behavior. The norm is increasingly to have a Code of Conduct. Not
having one is becoming a red flag.


> > I would suggest the following alternative approach that the Samba team
> > seems to have adopted:
> >
> > https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/How_to_do_Samba:_Nicely
>
> The Samba CoC can also be a starting point. I'm missing here a clear
> encouragement for diversity and openness.

The Samba document is not really a Code of Conduct, because it doesn't
address safety/diversity issues and because it doesn't impose consequences.
Adopting it would be a half measure. There are many better examples to
choose from.

  -Paul

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