On Tue, 2011-03-01 at 20:35 -0500, Brian Pepple wrote: > Hi all, > > The Fedora Community Work Group has been working for some time on a Code > of Conduct(1) and a Code of Conduct Enforcement Guideline(2), and we > have gotten to a point where we would like some feedback from the > community. We looked at some other communities code of conduct, and came > to the conclusion that we wanted to keep our COC fairly brief, and not > have it be so restrictive as to discourage people from wanting to > contribute to project discussions. > > Here's the text for the Code of Conduct draft, so please make any > constructive feedback you may have. I'll send a separate e-mail with the > COC Enforcement draft text, so we can keep feedback for each on topic. > > === Code of Conduct Draft === > The Fedora community is made up of a mixture of professionals and > volunteers from all over the world, working on every aspect of the > distribution from coding through to marketing. Diversity is one of our > huge strengths, but it can also lead to communication issues and > unhappiness. To that end, we have a few ground rules that we ask people > to adhere to when they're using project resources. > > This isn't an exhaustive list of things that you can't do. Rather, take > it in the spirit in which it's intended - a guide to make it easier to > be excellent to each other. > > * Be considerate. Your work will be used by other people, and you > in turn will depend on the work of others. Any decision you take > will affect users and colleagues, and you should take those > consequences into account when making decisions. > > * Be respectful. People volunteer to work on Fedora. Not all of us > will agree all the time, but disagreement is no excuse for poor > behaviour and poor manners. We might all experience some > frustration now and then, but we cannot allow that frustration > to turn into a personal attack. It's important to remember that > a community where people feel uncomfortable or threatened is not > a productive one. Members of the Fedora community should be > respectful when dealing with other contributors as well as with > people outside the Fedora community and with users of Fedora. > > When we disagree, we try to understand why. Disagreements, both social > and technical, happen all the time and Fedora is no exception. It is > important that we resolve disagreements and differing views > constructively. > > Remember that we're different. The strength of Fedora comes from its > varied community, people from a wide range of backgrounds. Different > people have different perspectives on issues. Being unable to understand > why someone holds a viewpoint doesn't mean that they're wrong. Don't > forget that it is human to err and blaming each other doesn't get us > anywhere, rather offer to help resolving issues and to help learn from > mistakes. > multiple questions to ask: 1. What happens if someone violates this code of conduct? 2. what does this actually mean for red hat employees? Is it a new requirement for employment? -- -sv "Oh judge! Your damn laws! The good people don't need them, and the bad people don't obey them." - Ammon Hennacy (Voices from the Catholic Worker by Rosalie Riegle Troester, p.114) _______________________________________________ advisory-board mailing list advisory-board@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/advisory-board
