On Tue, Jan 5, 2016 at 2:09 PM, Joshua D. Drake <jd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 01/05/2016 11:08 AM, Roland van Laar wrote: >> >> >> >> On January 5, 2016 5:47:16 PM GMT+01:00, "Joshua D. Drake" >> <jd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> >>> Hello, >>> >>> I had a hard time writing this email. I think Code of Conducts are >>> non-essential, a waste of respectful people's time and frankly if you >>> are going to be a jerk, our community will call you out on it. >>> Unfortunately a lot of people don't agree with that. I have over the >>> course of the last year seen more and more potential users very >>> explicitly say, "I will not contribute to a project or attend a >>> conference that does not have a CoC". >> >> >> Do they give a rational for that? > > > I don't think I am a good person to rationalize their reasoning because I > don't like the idea of a CoC. That said, I think a lot of boils down to > perception, responsibility, accountability and the fact that a lot of people > are flat out jerks. I am not talking the ball busting type of jerk but > honest, just not nice people or people who vastly lack the ability to > integrate with larger society. Those people tend to need guidelines for > their jerkiness because they will say, "I didn't know I couldn't do/say > XYZ". Whether that is true or not, I have no idea. CoC: 1: Use our code how you want 2: Don't sue us 3: Don't be a jerk done. -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
