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SubjectRe: Call to Action Re: [PATCH 0/7] Code of Conduct: Fix some wording, and add an interpretation document
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Am Montag, 22. Oktober 2018, 08:20:11 schrieb NeilBrown:
> On Sat, Oct 20 2018, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > As everyone knows by now, we added a new Code of Conduct to the kernel
> > tree a few weeks ago.
>
> I wanted to stay detached from all this, but as remaining (publicly)
> silent might be seen (publicly) as acquiescing, I hereby declare that:
> I reject, as illegitimate, this Code and the process by
> which it is being "developed".
>
> It is clear from the surrounding discussions that this is well outside our
> core competencies. It will be flawed, it isn't what we need.
>
> I call on any other community members who reject this process to say so,
> not to remain silent.
> #Iobject
>
> We don't need a "Code of Conduct" nearly as much as we need "Leadership
> in conduct". Without the leadership, any code looks like a joke.
>
[...]

> I call on you, Greg:
> - to abandon this divisive attempt to impose a "Code of Conduct"
> - to revert 8a104f8b5867c68

Yes but this seems increasingly unlikely now. However, there may be an
alternative.

Jugding by the release-message for 4.19, some people here are fans of
Monty Python's. No wonder - as those guys are famous for being unrelenting
supporters of Political Correctness.

So one would be on the safe side if one just supplemented "Our Pledge"
with this:

"Everybody has the right to be offended."

I think, John Cleese would also welcome this.[1]

What do you think?

Regards!


Rainer Fiebig



[1] https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3427218/Political-correctness-killing-comedy-says-John-Cleese-Monty-Python-star-believes-fear-offending-certain-groups-lead-1984-style-society-free-expression-not-allowed.html


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