Eric S. Raymond to the OSS community on codes of conduct: Refuse to have one
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#3A man suffused by his own myth. I stopped reading when he said he codified the rules of open source. Eric, you don't get to define what a DECUS tape is.
People who run projects get to decide if they have a CoC or not, Raymond isn't the boss of the bazaar or the cathedral.
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#7Ironically, "every bit of whatever authority I have" dwindles further and further every time he posts something like this.
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He wrote The Cathedral and the Bazaar in 1997, an essay about open source software development, and then later a book. He founded the Open Source Initiative (OSI).
I wasn't aware of his political views, especially more recent statements he's made such as the linked tweet above/below.
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#9Eric's suggestion for a CoC:
> "If you are more annoying to work with than your contributions justify, you'll be ejected."
is not unreasonable (whether written down or not) for an individual's hobby project, but for something run by a company or other organization I think more detail is required.
The OSI code of conduct seems too general, perhaps open for different interpretations or potentially selective enforcement: https://opensource.org/codeofconduct
The Linux one I prefer, since it's concise and clear, e.g. "sexualized language" and "harassment" are unacceptable: https://docs.kernel.org/process/code-of-conduct.html
My own employer's code of conduct (we have open source projects, discussion forums etc) looks similar to the Linux one. I think it is enforced about once a year, and I think the reason has been either sexual harassment or repeated personal criticism of individuals' work.
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#10Yikes, I didn't realize Raymond was the kind of guy that posts about "low IQ black people" and sees "Marxists" everywhere.
I don't like CoCs either, but ironically guys like him make me think they might be needed after all...