On January 5, 2016 5:47:16 PM GMT+01:00, "Joshua D. Drake" <jd@commandprompt.com> 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?
>
>Some of us may be saying, "Well we don't want those people". I can't
>argue with some facts though. Ubuntu has had a CoC[1] since the
>beginning of the project and they grew exceedingly quick. Having walls
>in the hallway of interaction isn't always a bad thing.
>
>In reflection, the only thing a CoC does is put in writing what
>behaviour we as a project already require, so why not document it and
>use it as a tool to encourage more contribution to our project?
>
>Sincerely,
>
>JD
>
>
>1. http://www.ubuntu.com/about/about-ubuntu/conduct
