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FreeDesktop.org Adopts CoC for All Member Projects

posted by on Monday April 10 2017, @07:43AM   Printer-friendly
from the i-can't-tell-who-is-toxic-anymore dept.

The Mighty Buzzard writes:

Michael Larabel over at Phoronix brings us news of a stealth Social Justice coup over at FreeDesktop.org:

X.Org, GStreamer, Wayland, LibreOffice, Mesa, VA-API, Harfbuzz, and SPICE are among the many projects hosted by FreeDesktop.org that now appear to be on a contributor covenant / code of conduct.

The Contributor Covenant for those unfamiliar with it is trying to promote a code of conduct for open-source projects that is trying to promote diversity and equality of contributors to libre software projects. From the covenant's website, "Part of this problem [of "free, libre, and open source projects suffer from a startling lack of diversity, with dramatically low representation by women, people of color, and other marginalized populations"] lies with the very structure of some projects: the use of insensitive language, thoughtless use of pronouns, assumptions of gender, and even sexualized or culturally insensitive names."

The covenant states in part that those contributing should use welcoming and inclusive language, be respectful to others, showing empathy towards others, avoid insulting comments, and avoid inappropriate conduct. For the most part, it's basically common sense.

Now it seems this Contributor Covenant is being forced onto all FreeDesktop.org-hosted projects.

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  • (Score: 3, Informative) by aristarchus on Monday April 10 2017, @08:28AM (5 children)

    by aristarchus (2645) on Monday April 10 2017, @08:28AM (#491547) Journal

    No discussing CoCs on SoylentNews. How say you, Soylentils? This will not end well.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 10 2017, @08:30AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 10 2017, @08:30AM (#491548)

    :-P

    • (Score: -1, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 10 2017, @11:53AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 10 2017, @11:53AM (#491588)

      he likes coc, but only small coc - that's what "pedarast" is all about

  • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 10 2017, @04:45PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 10 2017, @04:45PM (#491720)

    > No discussing CoCs on SoylentNews. How say you, Soylentils? This will not end well.

    Only because some people can't bear the thought of being judged for behaving like an asshole.
    Their right to shit all over anyone anywhere anytime is more important than everybody else's right not to be shat on.
    Well, unless you shit on the whiners. Then they lose their shit.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 10 2017, @10:33PM (1 child)

      by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 10 2017, @10:33PM (#491978)

      Only because some people can't bear the thought of being judged for behaving like an asshole.

      Yes, we've all noticed social justice warriors are liars with ideologies based on "alternative facts" that are obnoxiously farted into the faces of others.

      Their right to shit all over anyone anywhere anytime is more important than everybody else's right not to be shat on.

      Yes, we've all noticed this about SJW's.

      Well, unless you shit on the whiners. Then they lose their shit.

      Yes, we've all noticed. Thank you for your pointless contribution.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 11 2017, @08:23AM

        by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 11 2017, @08:23AM (#492177)

        Yes, we've all noticed social justice warriors are liars with ideologies based on "alternative facts" that are obnoxiously farted into the faces of others.

        He who smelt it, dealt it, Runaway! You flatulent old bastard, you! It is going to be so much fun to track the progress of your dementia! Not a Trump supporter? Pfffhhhttt! Ha ha! Not a racist? Got Black friends cow-orkers? Pphhhhfffffttttt...dd. Wow! You do know that Warrior of Justice, social, tend to be vegetarian, if not vegan? Less gas, dude! You should try it!