Ben, Two points:
A) Your description of the threat-of-use-of-CoC incident, which appears to be quite central to your argument (as a piece of evidence), is, as far as I can see, inaccurate. The person who was threatened had started out reasonable, but later made several disrespectful and prejudicial statements; it was only then that the CoC was raised. Your repeated comments that the CoC was used to silence legitimate opposition reflect quite badly on the people who brought the CoC up in that discussion; I suggest that you reconsider those. B) I think you are misinterpreting the intentions and functions of the CoC. First, it is not formal law but a set of guidelines. It is not comprehensive in any way, and not expected to be applied by machines; you made a logical jump from "bad behavior outside Django fora may have consequences within" to "telling a dirty joke to your friends will get you banned from conferences". That is a serious leap of (lack of) faith. Second, the CoC is not intended to transform the community -- rather, it expresses and explicates the standards already in force. The same is true for the addition in PR 86, as has been noted in its description. Shai. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django developers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-developers. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-developers/201409100157.54391.shai%40platonix.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
