Michael Wood wrote: > Michael Wood wrote: >> There have been a few issues with some of the posts appearing on the >> Ubuntu-UK planet, These haven't really been resolved as we have no >> guidelines to uphold any complaints around. Therefore I propose that >> there should be an code of conduct aimed at the planet. >> >> I have written a draft CoC [1] >> >> There is a meeting on the 12th of August which I am hoping we can agree >> to implement what ever results from this proposal [2] >> >> Before making changes please discuss here ! >> >> >> [1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ubuntu-uk.org/planet/CoC >> [2] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/MeetingNotes/20070812Meeting >> >> Michael "X3N" Wood >> >> >> > > > ...OK so obviously the wording is not clear enough > > "As Ubuntu community members we expect that you keep to the Ubuntu > community code of conduct [2]" > I think most people agree with this > > "Ubunutu-UK planet is not an acceptable platform for promoting > commercial interests." > was aimed at saying "no spam please" for example, if someone started > using the planet as an advertising platform > > "Ubuntu-UK planet is not an acceptable place for discussions on > community conflicts/issues." > This is just a re-iteration of Ubuntu's code of conduct designed to stop > flaming as we saw with Caroline (posts of accusation and counter > accusation) > > "Please make sure that a majority of your posts to the planet have FOSS > related content." > This does not say only FOSS related content. The whole reason all of us > are part of ubuntu-uk is that we share a common interest, and in my mind > the planet is just a way of taking that further > > I'm a little disappointed that people feel threatened by this > *proposal*, the only driving force behind is to respond to a problem > that i've seen. Some reactions would have me seen as though I wanted to > turn the planet into a suppressed militarised regime of censorship and > general hardship for everyone.
There are a whole range of views related to open source and FOSS. Some are understandably extreme. If your objective is to avoid spam, then maybe a series of drafts are not at this stage the best approach, but maybe a discussion of the objectives and also of possible solutions, then, later, a draft may emerge with out causing concern? Is my sig 'spam'? -- alan cocks Kubuntu user#10391 Linux user #360648 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
