Thanks for checking on this. I'd expect something like a CoC more than a ToS in this case, but terms are terms :)
If you don't mind, I have a couple of follow up questions. - Were "rank-and-file" Racket contributors alerted to this change in advance? Say, in a RacketCon speech? I may have missed it. - Did a sponsor play any role in this transition? On 11/22/21 9:49 AM, John Clements wrote: > I’m actually very heartened to see the boilerplate here; it sounds like this > is something we can edit, and not something imposed by Discourse. If that’s > the case, then it certainly seems likely that we can find some language (or, > more importantly, *lack* of language) that makes more of us happy. > > I, for one, am shocked to see binding arbitration language in here: I think > binding arbitration is one of the most revolting elements of corporate > control in our society today, and if we were unable to remove the binding > arbitration clause, I would likely abandon discourse myself. > > Sounds like the next step is to come up with a TOS that’s acceptable to all, > or find a way to remove it entirely. > > John > >> On Nov 22, 2021, at 04:54, Norman Gray >> [<[email protected]>](mailto:[email protected]) >> wrote: >> >> Greetings. >> >> On 22 Nov 2021, at 4:24, Sage Gerard wrote: >> >>> But I have to ask, who wrote the ToS? Who is "the company" in its >>> >>> context? Discord? One of the Racket team's universities? A sponsor? >> >> I'm not sure who 'the company' is, either, but they appear to be called >> 'company_name' (catchy!), and that users are notified that disputes can only >> be arbitrated in city_for_disputes, under governing_law. *cough* >> >> Such curiosities aside, all of that does represent unappealingly more >> legalese than one expects for a mailing list. But since the current list is >> hosted at googlegroups, and since it's not obvious that Discourse Corp is >> more predatory than Google Corp (indeed, the former is dispensing >> freemium-ware rather than ad-ware, so are more attractive in terms of >> business model), it feels irrational for me to be too put off by it. >> >> Best wishes, >> >> Norman >> >> -- >> Norman Gray : >> https://nxg.me.uk >> SUPA School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Glasgow, UK >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Racket Users" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to >> [email protected] >> . >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/racket-users/BEC261BF-C274-4221-8F62-C77D181ED1EF%40glasgow.ac.uk >> . -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Racket Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/racket-users/8bb7efbe-0d8a-32d8-c423-986e523e343c%40sagegerard.com.
