On 1/6/16, 2:35 PM, "Paul M. Jones" <pmjone...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Jan 6, 2016, at 12:54, Tom Worster <f...@thefsb.org> wrote: >> >> I think it's perhaps too general to be of great use to us here but The >>Code Manifesto is a good example of the positive approach. >>https://github.com/kayladnls/code-manifesto/blob/master/README.md > >Agreed that it's too general, and while nicey-nice, it has key political >phrases that make it as unsuitable as the Contributor Covenant. E.g.: "a >space that is safe for all"; "arbitrary exclusion of a group of people" >(including by ability too contribute?); and regarding comfort levels "if >brought to your attention, heed it", etc. etc. That language isn't to my taste either. I don't propose The Code Manifesto as a basis for a PHP document. I just wanted to show that you can flip this around and try to effect positive change using the resources available. Another thing that bothers me with the negative approach is that by proscribing only egregious behavior that visible and incontrovertible, it tacitly legitimizes the pervasive biases and discriminations that maintain the status quo. Take another well known example of the negative approach: sexual discrimination legislation. It helps deter some kinds of bad behavior but it also makes it easier for people to deny existence of the ordinary every-day bias and discrimination many women deal with. I support sexual discrimination legislation but I see its very existence as a kind of punishment. It would be so much better if we did not need it. Unfortunately, we do. By contrast, I don't think PHP needs this CoC. Tom -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
