Nik Butler wrote: > Lee Tambiah wrote: >> My blog will soon be exploring Java and Netbeans, as well as Ubuntu. >> Is it okay to post on Planet Ubuntu UK regarding Netbeans and Java >> programming. I would like to hope so as Netbeans is open source and >> Java is going GPL. It shows people what users are using Ubuntu for. >> Let me know... >> >> Regards >> >> Lee > Speaking as a Loco Team Contact and a Involved member of the community I > would love to hear more about your explorations of all things FLOSS. The > CoC amendment seems to be aimed at discouraging anything not FLOSS > related from entering the conversation. Which in my view is a direct > Breach to the overall CoC "Be Respectful" > > *Be respectful.* The Ubuntu community and its members treat one another > with respect. Everyone can make a valuable contribution to Ubuntu. We > may not always agree, but disagreement is no excuse for poor behaviour > and poor manners. We might all experience some frustration now and then, > but we cannot allow that frustration to turn into a personal attack. > It's important to remember that a community where people feel > uncomfortable or threatened is not a productive one. We expect members > of the Ubuntu community to be respectful when dealing with other > contributors as well as with people outside the Ubuntu project, and with > users of Ubuntu. > > > I do agree that the main Planet.ubuntu.com is a place of considerate > conversations related to articles of Ubuntu in nature however I dont > agree and will be quite strong in my views about the idea that the Loco > teams should be restrictive in content. > > If a member were to join and not contribute then I feel there would be a > reasonable expectation to ask that member to not spam us but if a member > has joined and is contributing and their blog contains what to some are > perceived as adverts of a commercial nature then we should be > respectful of their position. > > If there are "anonymous complaints" then I am concerned that the number > of maintainers of the planet if not wide enough to encompass a fair and > considered view. Further we cannot judge anyone on the list or web as > being in alignment to the one complaint. There may be an equal number of > potential viewers who seeing the "commercial content" decide to approach > the member in question for those services. > > Its just wrong and wrong and wrong again that we should try to implement > this; its just not Ubuntu > > > The CoC and any variation of it though should be no excuse to censor, > mitigate or control the output of any member.
Well and clearly said. -- alan cocks Kubuntu user#10391 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
