On Tue, 2008-02-05 at 00:01 +0000, Benji Weber wrote:
Could you clarify the ramifications of the code of conduct being adopted. What does "adopted" mean here as no-one has signed this document, presumably this is the outcome of a Board discussion to which we are not privy.
Sure, no problem. By "adopted" we mean that there is rough consensus that we need to have a few rules of basic politeness, so the board decided to, well, "adopt" those rules :)
Is it just a set of advice that is on the wiki like the mailing list netiquete?
More or less, but this is for the whole openSUSE project. We also have a way for people to report violations, and a body of people who can take appropriate action: you can mail the board and the board will decide what to do. This whole "appropriate action" is intentionally left undefined, of course, since these things need a case-by-case examination :) For someone who abuses people on mailing lists it may be enough to moderate them; for others we may need to do different things. By the way, I hate the term "violations of the code"... it sounds as if you were breaking an oath or the law or something. Think of it as "people being un-nice to each other".
Is abiding by it a condition of membership?
If you mean "membership" in the terms of Francis's announcement of "openSUSE Membership", then yes. We obviously can't grant someone the mark of a distinguished member of the project if that person isn't polite to the community at large :)
Is abiding by it a condition of use of the openSUSE services?
It depends, of course... you could be happy user of zypper and the online update tools, even if you have no manners, because those tools don't require inter-personal communication. But for IRC and mailing lists, we expect standard politeness, nothing more. Think of those places as being in the street or a nice cafe where you may start conversations with strangers or people you already know. If you start punching people in the face, someone will call a policeman will drag you away :)
Are there penalties for not abiding by it? Is it enforced?
The code of conduct will be enforced on a case-by-case basis when people report offenders [that's another word I hate...]. As mentioned above, each medium where there's an offence really requires its own kind of penalty. Finally: don't be afraid! We are not "out to get people". We just want to turn a rowdy wild-west saloon into a nice cafe with internet connection :) Federico --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-project+help@opensuse.org