Re: Code of Conduct...

[Riccardo Mottola]

Hi,

On 12/28/20 9:13 AM, H. Nikolaus Schaller wrote:
> Before adopting the Contributor Covenant take the time to discuss and decide how to 
> deal with problems as they emerge. Document the policy and procedure for 
> enforcement, and add it to your README or in another visible, appropriate place. 
> Consider if your project team has the willingness and maturity to follow through on 
> your enforcement procedures."
>
> So I am quite sure it will create more problems (while discussing these topics) 
> instead of solving a single one (like having more users, more developers, fix 
> bugs, improve documentation etc.).
>
> And, I have seen so many projects and societies having such codes but those who 
> should care don't. And those who already do have to read/sign more paperwork.


Yes... a "solution" in search for a Problem?

I think our Project (as many other free software Projects) has different 
issues. I have never had real issues here in this project since a long 
time with "contributors", at most, bad personal attacks and defamation 
on the mailing list or on IRC! But would those people all need to "sign" 
that covenant? Does such covenant has any sense at all? Would it solve 
them? not at all.


Furthermore, I read that covenant (I don't like that term at, to begin 
with) and it looks like a legalese mumbo-jumbo of social justice, 
dripping with politics which seems more apt for a company than free 
project. So while I share the basic concept, I would not like to "sign" 
it. A free-time project, not a company.

I'd prefer if the project would not adopt such a thing.

For me, the primary goals of a free software project are different. I 
want to advance humanity with code, provide code that everybody shall be 
free to use, on as many operating systems, compilers, architectures 
possible.

I will be happy if I can avoid somebody throwing away a computer because 
free software still supports it or avoids some vendor lock-in by using 
free code.

So, please not.

Riccardo