[Development] QUIP 12: Code of Conduct

Wed Oct 24 18:22:35 CEST 2018

1. The code of conduct or invitation to contribute says nothing about "earning a right"
2. What are considered qualifying "contributions"? I've been using Qt since 2004. I assure you I've had some influence, be it bug reports, participating in the mailing lists (like now.) 
3. How many of these contributions do I need? How are they measured?
4. I was given the opportunity to contribute at this time by a open invite. I have accounts on the various services to be able to contribute. So I did.
5. I wonder if you have even read the proposal yourself. You seem very entitled to have an opinion, so I assume you would, but why then would you write a message that clearly is in violation of acceptable behavior? Lines 52, 53, 56.

   Examples of unacceptable behavior by participants include:	49
   50
   * The use of sexualized language or imagery and unwelcome sexual attention or advances	51
   * Trolling, insulting/derogatory comments, and personal or political attacks	52
   * Public or private harassment	53
   * Publishing others’ private information, such as a physical or electronic address, without explicit	54
     permission	55
  * Other conduct which could reasonably be considered inappropriate in a professional setting	56

Your email raises several questions, and both of my eyebrows.
1. You seem to think that there is an "entitlement" mechanic at work. If so, we need to define that?
2. You seem to have a metric for "contributions" we need to define that?
3. How does your message contribute to a "positive environment"? 
    Examples of behavior that contributes to creating a positive environment include:	41
    42
    * Using welcoming and inclusive language	43
    * Being respectful of differing viewpoints and experiences	44
    * Gracefully accepting constructive criticism	45
    * Focusing on what is best for the community	46
    * Showing empathy towards other community members

I didn't expect everyone to agree with me. But I did not expect your message to be the way it was.

> Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2018 at 11:42 AM
> From: "Aleix Pol" <aleixpol at kde.org>
> To: development <development at qt-project.org>
> Subject: Re: [Development] QUIP 12: Code of Conduct
>
> On Wed, Oct 24, 2018 at 5:10 PM Jason H <jhihn at gmx.com> wrote:
> >
> > I am whole-heartedly against a Code of Conduct. While well-intentioned, anyone following the shit-show that is the Linux kernel code of conduct fiasco, I also think would be against the code of conduct as well.
> >
> > Immediately after imposing the Code of Conduct, past tweets by contributors and the accusations started flying and it devolved from there. In addition to several authorities on Open Source weighed in that yes, contributors can revoke the copyright of their prior contributions, which was threatened by those accused. Which would leave any software in a lurch. Now, it looks like those contributors might go to BSD...
> >
> > Having been interested in software from a very young age, and later specifically Open Source, one thing that appealed to me was that it was a meritocracy. The best code survives, your code contributions are limited only by your code being the best. Now we're saying it's not just your code, but also your behavior. We had an ideal, we had THE ideal - a place where only our ideas mattered. A place where nothing else mattered - not your gentatilia, your sexual identity, not your partner preference, not your political party - none of it. It was purely about lines of code. It was elegant and beautiful, and brutally simple. And now the social justice warriors are contaminating that perfection with code+conduct. So it goes from "this is the best code that could be written" to "this is the best code that could be written from an individual whose political ideals match our own".
> >
> > If we adopt this, does that mean there is a  [git commit hook| gerrit review] installed that evaluates the contributor's social media to find controversial posts?
> > If we adopt this, how do we assure we don't wind up in a Sarah Jeong situation (She's racist against white people, but the New York Times says that's "ok")?
> > - How do assure that white people are adequately protected against reverse racism?
> > -- Do we even agree that reverse racism [is possible to] exist(s)
> > If we adopt this, what exactly are the political ideas a Qt contributor must espouse?
> > - Are stances against illegal immigration "racist"?
> > - Is "Sceintific racism" actual racism or just statistics?
> > -- In a matter closer to home, where are we on James Damore situation? Would he be banned from this community?
> >
> > NONE of those questions should need to be contemplated by an Open Source software project. Open Source is about the Source. Not the source of the Source.
> >
> > In case it needs to be said-
> > I am AGAINST racism, sexism, bigotry, and all the other exclusionary things. But I am also against people judging other people's code for factors that have nothing to do with the code itself. I find that adding a value judgement of conduct to code to be intolerant. We had the ideal.
> > I am FOR inclusion. I want everyone to feel welcome here. Everyone.
> >
> > We might identify as a "community" as we are people, but really we're an open source project, and at the end of the day what matters the most is what is in git.
> >
> > I oppose any Code of Conduct. And demand the answers be provided to the above questions PRIOR to passage (if it happens).
> >
> > I really want to know where we are with James Damore because I thought his paper was well-researched with a scientific basis?
> >
> >
> >
> > > Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2018 at 3:17 AM
> > > From: "Ulf Hermann" <ulf.hermann at qt.io>
> > > To: "development at qt-project.org" <development at qt-project.org>
> > > Subject: [Development] QUIP 12: Code of Conduct
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > regarding our earlier discussions on a possible Code of Conduct, here as
> > > well as at the Contributors' Summit 2017, I've pushed a QUIP with the
> > > necessary rules and definitions:
> > >
> > > https://codereview.qt-project.org/243623
> > >
> > > Please review it.
> > >
> > > regards,
> > > Ulf
> 
> Dear Jason,
> I fail to see how you can feel entitled to give your opinion when
> you've done nothing to earn that right (I can't find any significant
> contribution by you), especially when it comes to oppose something
> that was agreed together with the rest of the contributors.
> 
> I don't think you have even read the proposal. If you want to play
> with the grown-ups, act like one first.
> 
> Aleix
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