It is also less about restriction, but more about suggested behavior.
I also really like the phrase: "Think of this as coding standards for people. It is an expression of our ideals, not a rulebook. It is a way to communicate our existing values to the entire community."
What I also especially like about it, is that e.g. "harassment" is clearer defined as "something someone does to someone" and not just an abstract term, which is subject to interpretation.
I personally don't think people need strict rules, they need guidelines that the community agrees on.
And that is something Drupals Code of Conduct provides (already since 2011 at least).
Interesting is that the DrupalCon code of conduct for the global Drupal meetings originally was different:
And as one can see most of the DrupalCon code of conduct is almost the same as Drupal's own code of conduct, which can indicate that with this process it was verified by the community.
Thanks for consideration.
PS: I could testify from "hearsay" of the Community-Working-Group that so far this code of conduct has worked wonderfully well.
PPS: Edited the post to clarify some misunderstanding on the code of conduct for conferences.
Hi from Drupal,
https://www.drupal.org/dcoc
which was originally based on the one of Ubuntu (http://www.ubuntu.com/about/about-ubuntu/conduct) has been very welcoming to our community members.
It is also less about restriction, but more about suggested behavior.
I also really like the phrase: "Think of this as coding standards for people. It is an expression of our ideals, not a rulebook. It is a way to communicate our existing values to the entire community."
What I also especially like about it, is that e.g. "harassment" is clearer defined as "something someone does to someone" and not just an abstract term, which is subject to interpretation.
I personally don't think people need strict rules, they need guidelines that the community agrees on.
And that is something Drupals Code of Conduct provides (already since 2011 at least).
Interesting is that the DrupalCon code of conduct for the global Drupal meetings originally was different:
The first draft for DrupalCons was here:
Then it was changed to this after much community feedback:
https://groups.drupal.org/node/235308
And as one can see most of the DrupalCon code of conduct is almost the same as Drupal's own code of conduct, which can indicate that with this process it was verified by the community.
Thanks for consideration.
PS: I could testify from "hearsay" of the Community-Working-Group that so far this code of conduct has worked wonderfully well.
PPS: Edited the post to clarify some misunderstanding on the code of conduct for conferences.