Hi Mauricio, > I respect the effort of creating such code, but I am against of having a > Code of Conduct. People are able to decide by themselves how to behave in a > polite way and how to treat the others with respect and kindness.
I believe there's a fundamental misunderstanding about this. A Code of Conduct, to me, does not have as its primary function to tell people how to behave. A Code of Conduct is a way for those who are being harassed or abused to understand that such behaviour is not acceptable in our community, and gives them a possibility and a power to report incidents. If you're being harassed on a mailing list, in a meeting, at a conference, or anywhere else online or offline, in our community, and there's no information available to you about what is acceptable behaviour, nor any way to report unacceptable behaviour, you're very likely to leave our community. I want the FSFE to feel safe, welcoming and inclusive. The Code of Conduct is one of the ways we make sure this is the case. It will not have an impact on most, but for those who are being harassed or abused, have experienced this in the past, or feel that they could be, our community having a Code of Conduct will make an enormous impact on their willingness to be part of it. -- Jonas Öberg, Executive Director Free Software Foundation Europe | jo...@fsfe.org Your donation enables our work (fsfe.org/donate) _______________________________________________ Discussion mailing list Discussion@lists.fsfe.org https://lists.fsfe.org/mailman/listinfo/discussion
