On 21/09/2020 16:20, Ben Cotton wrote: > The Fedora Council is considering a new policy to define Community > Publishing Platforms. It provides a loose framework of how moderation > is handled in cases that involve the Fedora Trademark[1]. The policy > as proposed[2] by Justin W. Flory, with edits from the Fedora Council, > is found in Fedora-Council/council-docs#67. > > For more information on the reasoning and background behind this > proposal, see the Fedora Community Blog[4]. > > Please use this thread for comment. There is a two-week community > comment period after which time the Council will begin voting on the > proposal. > > [1] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Legal:Trademark_guidelines#Community_sites_and_accounts > [2] https://pagure.io/Fedora-Council/tickets/issue/293 > [3] https://pagure.io/Fedora-Council/council-docs/pull-request/67 > [4] https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/council-policy-proposal-community-publishing-platforms/ The draft refers to "Adult content". Talking about the leader of an organization having a romantic conflict of interest with the leader of another organization is an ethical issue, not a pornographic one. Nobody ever made reference to private or physical aspects of their relationship. The issue was misrepresented as a "personal attack" because people don't feel good talking about their conflicts of interest. Once again, other organizations see those conflicts of interest as legitimate concerns, for example, the ACM has this[5] in their Code of Ethics: "Computing professionals should be forthright about any circumstances that might lead to either real or perceived conflicts of interest or otherwise tend to undermine the independence of their judgment." The first link[1] above includes the quote "Our intent is for all Fedora community members to have a positive and welcoming experience in all community spaces, official and unofficial." That appears to be a fantasy. No such organization ever existed, unless it was an organization of one person. Every organization has to deal with some conflict, politics and ethical issues from time to time. The most successful countries, like the United States, often see fierce debate between people in leadership positions. The countries that silence debate often become irrelevant, like North Korea, where the leader "moderated" a potential rival with an anti-aircraft gun. The ACM's Code of Ethics also states "A computing professional should be transparent and provide full disclosure of all pertinent system capabilities, limitations, and potential problems to the appropriate parties.". When the leader of a voluntary organization has a conflict of interest, anybody else making a full disclosure to volunteers appears to be acting ethically, even if the person with a conflict of interest might not feel that is a "positive and welcoming experience" Regards, Daniel 5. https://www.acm.org/code-of-ethics 6. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/may/13/north-korean-defence-minister-executed-by-anti-aircaft-gun-report _______________________________________________ council-discuss mailing list -- council-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to council-discuss-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/council-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx