I agree with Paul, There is no harm in having a CoC and to follow the general ASF one.
I run GR8Conf, and we added a CoC for the conference, even without ever having to use it, but it's nice to have, in case someone does misbehave. It gives the organizers a tool to ask people to leave, if stepping over a line. The same goes for a CoC in an open source project like Groovy Best regards / Med venlig hilsen, Søren Berg Glasius Hedevej 1, Gl. Rye, 8680 Ry, Denmark Mobile: +45 40 44 91 88, Skype: sbglasius --- Press ESC once to quit - twice to save the changes. Den fre. 20. nov. 2020 kl. 06.09 skrev Paul King <pa...@asert.com.au>: > I don't think anyone is suggesting we need a separate CoC. We just now > have a short para which shows the link to the ASF one: > > https://github.com/apache/groovy/blob/master/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md > > Groovy has been very lucky to have on the whole a very friendly community. > I guess in any community you can have a wide range of views, a wide range > of views of what constitutes acceptable behavior, and a wide range of views > of what should be spelt out about civility. I see a CoC as being a line in > the sand at one end of a spectrum. My experiences in the Groovy community > is that we are at the other end of the spectrum entirely, but I don't want > to presume to speak for others who may be more sensitive. I don't think we > ever want a situation where we can't have robust discussions, but I see no > harm in being explicit that we should respect one another as we do. > > Cheers, Paul. > > > On Fri, Nov 20, 2020 at 2:21 PM Konstantin Boudnik <c...@apache.org> wrote: > >> Ever since Linux Foundation started pushing the COC gags into ASF >> projects I kept wondering if people won't behave in civil manner - just >> like Paul has alluded to - unless they are explicitly told how to be >> good boys and girls? >> >> Let me ask a perhaps naive but a very honest question: why do we really >> need a COC? The ASF has some sort of it in the books already, why do we >> need a separate one? >> >> Is it because Microsoft's github requires a checkmark due to their >> virtue signaling being blown out of proportions? Or is it something else >> that I am missing? >> >> If you prefer a private reply - be my guest. I really want to know. >> Thank you! >> ---- >> With regards, >> Cos >> >> On 18.11.2020 02:47, Paul King wrote: >> > >> > Hi everyone, >> > >> > We have been fortunate that most of the time, the discussions within >> > our community are very respectful, so I don't think we need to have an >> > elaborate discussion about a project-specific code of conduct. It seems >> > worthwhile though, pointing to the general code of conduct established >> > by the ASF[1] which I propose to do: >> > >> > https://github.com/apache/groovy/pull/1422 >> > <https://github.com/apache/groovy/pull/1422> >> > >> > Let me know if you see any possible improvements/issues. >> > >> > Thanks, Paul. >> > [1] https://www.apache.org/foundation/policies/conduct.html >> > <https://www.apache.org/foundation/policies/conduct.html> >> > >> >
