[Development] Code of conduct.

[sarah.j.smith at nokia.com]

+1

I was an organizer of the 2011 Linux.conf.au and implemented the code of conduct for that.  Its a difficult thing to get in place, but once you have it, its an asset to help with building community and participation from a broad range of contributors.

Agreed that some may have thick skins; but others hear offensive behaviour and can get the impression that the community thinks that such behaviour is fine.  Seeing such behaviour effectively condoned makes the "non-thick-skinned" feel like leaving.

The code is there to say "no, we do not accept such things".  Yes, its good to have something to refer to when an incident occurs, but it also has an effect to help reduce such things in the first place, just by saying "please don't do that, signed The Community".

Sarah Smith
Team Lead Qt Quick 3D
Email: sarah.j.smith at nokia.com
Ph: +61448283476

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From: development-bounces+sarah.j.smith=nokia.com at qt-project.org [development-bounces+sarah.j.smith=nokia.com at qt-project.org] on behalf of ext Thiago Macieira [thiago.macieira at intel.com]
Sent: Friday, 22 June 2012 9:14 AM
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Subject: Re: [Development] Code of conduct.

On sexta-feira, 22 de junho de 2012 08.47.34, Rohan McGovern wrote:
> Having a code of conduct may anyway be a good thing, but I
> don't think it would have made a difference to the behavior from
> non-contributors I think you're referring to in your mail.
> No matter what you do, jerks will be jerks....

That is true, but like you said it's a good thing. It's something we can point
to when things start to get heated, even to non-contributors. And if we do
need to take action, like moderating or banning someone from a mailing list,
we can point to it and say it was not an arbitrary decision.

I'd like to think that common sense should be enough to guide our conduct, but
experience shows that common sense is not that common. And as the community
grows, we might get more and more people with different cultures, different
viewpoints and who might inadvertently step on other people's toes.

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