Just to clarify: she sought to remove _maintainer_ of the project :) At that point the guy was doing most of the work.
On Fri, Oct 26, 2018 at 7:48 PM Jason H <jh...@gmx.com> wrote: > My fundamental problem about the Contributor Covenant[1] was initially and > solely the fallout from the Linux Kernel fiasco. But then I learned that it > was drafted by Coraline Ada Ehmke, who sought to have a contributor removed > [2] from a project preemptively. The contributor did nothing wrong with > respect to the project or the project's community. She constructed a claim > of "transphobia" based on a tweet the contributor wrote in no way relating > to the project at hand, and slandered the project for not expunging them. > My mind is made up: the Contributor Covenant is a tool of oppression. > > The specific sentence in the Covenant is: > "This Code of Conduct applies both within project spaces and in public > spaces when an individual is representing the project or its community." > > However, despite being the author of the Covenant (2014), she found it > appropriate to attack someone who was clearly not operating in a project > space or representing the project community (2015). We now have two > examples - the linux Kernel and Opal project, that after CC was enacted > that calls for removal of members based on past unrelated tweets went out. > One of the problems its politics and political climates change over time. > Expressing what is not political at one point in time may become political > in subsequent years. People's minds also change over time. > > I urge you to read link[3] below and see if we want that kind of > attention. It summarizes what happens when the CC has been adopted by other > projects. > > [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contributor_Covenant > [2] https://github.com/opal/opal/issues/941 > [3] https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/974038-why-the-linux-coc-is-bad/ > > > Sent: Friday, October 26, 2018 at 3:50 AM > > From: "Christian Kandeler" <christian.kande...@qt.io> > > To: "development@qt-project.org" <development@qt-project.org> > > Subject: Re: [Development] QUIP 12: Code of Conduct > > > > On Thu, 25 Oct 2018 19:39:45 +0200 > > André Pönitz <apoen...@t-online.de> wrote: > > > > > On Thu, Oct 25, 2018 at 09:51:00AM +0200, Volker Krause via > Development wrote: > > > > We do have a Code of Conduct at KDE for about 10 years now, and this > hasn't > > > > led to abuse of power, suppression of free speech, racism against > white people > > > > or whatever other nonsense people seem to attribute to CoCs > nowadays. > > > > > > The KDE CoC is *friendly*. It contains words like "considerate", > "pragmatic", > > > "support". It doesn't push someone's personal political agenda. > > > > I agree. It reads as if it was written with the intention of creating a > constructive environment, lacks the inquisition-y vibe and is free of > jargon and weirdly over-specific lists. > > > > > > Christian > > _______________________________________________ > > Development mailing list > > Development@qt-project.org > > http://lists.qt-project.org/mailman/listinfo/development > > > _______________________________________________ > Development mailing list > Development@qt-project.org > http://lists.qt-project.org/mailman/listinfo/development >
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