NO ! I can not participate to this, this call for vote is both paternalistic and violent.
Since i can not explain why here, please read more details at: https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!topic/sage-devel/PjU2YQn3ca4 Ciao, Thierry On Sat, Nov 22, 2014 at 04:47:33PM -0800, William Stein wrote: > Hello Sage Developers, > > This is a simple majority vote for the original proposed code of > conduct. I will close voting on Monday at midnight PST. (If the vote > is an exact tie, then that means "No" - there must be a simple > majority for this to pass.) Any member of the sage-devel mailing > list may vote or abstain. I will delete any messages in this thread > that is not a vote -- if you want to make further arguments for or > against, do so elsewhere. > > [ ] Yes -- adopt the code of conduct stated below (*) > > [ ] No -- do not adopt the code of conduct stated below > > Thanks! Note, I am not going to vote either way, but I will strongly > support whatever the community decides. > > Code of Conduct > --------------- > > The Sage community is comprised of an international mixture of > mathematicians, computer scientists, engineers, researchers, teachers, > amateurs, and others with varied backgrounds. This diversity is one of > our strengths, but it can also lead to communication problems and > unhappiness. People who love working on Sage can more effectively > collaborate with others if they follow this code. > > If you believe someone is violating the code of conduct, we ask that > you report it by emailing sage-ab...@googlegroups.com. The group > administrators will consider the issue and explore resolutions. [See > note below.] It is also possible to move heated discussions to the > mailing list sage-fl...@googlegroups.com. > > 1) Be friendly and patient. > > 2) Be welcoming. We strive to be a community that welcomes and > supports people of all backgrounds and identities. > > 3) Be considerate. Your work will be used by other people and you in > turn will depend on the work of others. Any decision you take will > affect users and developers, so you should take those consequences > into account when making decisions. Conversely, Sage is constantly > evolving, and earlier decisions that were made in good faith may > sometimes need to be reconsidered. Nonetheless, we should still > appreciate the hard work done in the past. > > 4) Be respectful and polite. Not all of us will agree all the time, > but disagreement is no excuse for poor behavior and poor manners. We > might all experience some frustration now and then, but we cannot > allow that frustration to morph into personal attacks. It is important > to remember that a community where people feel uncomfortable or > threatened is not a productive one. Members of the Sage community > should be respectful when dealing with other developers and users. > > When we disagree, we should try to understand why. Disagreements, both > social and technical, happen all the time. It is important that we > resolve disagreements and differing views constructively. Being unable > to understand why someone holds a viewpoint does not mean that they > are wrong. Do not forget that it is human to err. Blame alone gets us > nowhere, it is better to help resolve issues so we can all learn from > our mistakes. > > --- > > NOTE: There were questions on the list about who exactly would deal > with sage-abuse complaints and how. If you do not trust that we Sage > developers can responsibly select people to be on that list, and that > those members can find ways to sort out issues on a case-by-case > basis, then you may vote "no" to this proposal. We are mostly not > lawyers or politicians and are not going to make things more precise > in this code regarding composition of the group or specific sanctions. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "sage-devel" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-devel" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
