On Jan 24, 2016 5:02 AM, "Zeev Suraski" <z...@zend.com> wrote: > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Brandon Savage [mailto:bran...@brandonsavage.net] > > Sent: Saturday, January 23, 2016 7:44 PM > > To: PHP internals <internals@lists.php.net> > > Subject: [PHP-DEV] Specific incident in relationship to the proposed Code of > > Conduct > > > > Open to suggestions/comments on this. I'll work on pull requests to Derrick's > > repo over the next couple of days to let folks share their thoughts. > > > I've been reading the mini-thread that followed this message, and I'm wondering, almost out loud: > Isn't it obvious we're trying to create an amateur drive-by judicial system, borrowing ideas from the law (some mostly universal, some not), oversimplifying them (amateurishly, as we would as amateurs) and intending to put amateur investigators and judges in charge? A system that will definitely not have the countless checks and balances real world judicial systems have (which still fail frequently enough, so they're far from being perfect). > > To me, that's DOA. > > I think that the case you brought up could be very easily solved in a penalty-free CoC: > 1. One of the mediation team members contacts Gary (privately) - either proactively or as a response to a complaint, pointing out to him that a PR like this, even as a joke, reflects badly on the project and may be considered by some as in violation of the CoC. > 2. Gary, who obviously meant no harm to anybody, says 'Sure, didn't think that'll offend anybody, but I'll refrain from doing it in the future'. > 3. Case closed. > > We seem over-focused on the situation where the person's response in #2 would be ignoring the request from the mediation team, or worse, where the likelihood of that is slim to non-existent.
Thanks Zeev. This is exactly what I meant by common sense and appropriate reaction from the group. The only thing I had to add is a public (as in the project channel or in the PR f.e.) apologize from the author of this PR and that's it. I also think think it is wrong to try to use legal wording or comparisons as it is not a public environment governed by laws (well, laws applied but not in our scopes). It is about rules we define and we wish to follow in our community. Just like what we can see in many other group of people, in tech, sports or other. Cheers, Pierre
