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GNU Kind Communication Guidelines

posted by CoolHand on Monday October 29 2018, @02:14PM   Printer-friendly
from the be-excellent-to-each-other dept.

DannyB writes:

GNU Kind Communication Guidelines

Lest you think this is yet another CoC, the guidelines assure you that they are not a CoC.

Announcing the GNU Kind Communication Guidelines

The GNU Kind Communication Guidelines, initial version, have been published in https://gnu.org/philosophy/kind-communication.html. On behalf of the GNU Project, I ask all GNU contributors to make their best efforts to follow these guidelines in GNU Project discuaaions[sic].

[ . . . ] The difference between kind communication guidelines and a code of conduct is a matter of the basic overall approach.

A code of conduct states rules, with punishments for anyone that violates them.

[...] The idea of the GNU Kind Communication Guidelines is to start guiding people towards kinder communication at a point well before one would even think of saying, "You are breaking the rules." The way we do this, rather than ordering people to be kind or else, is try to help people learn to make their communication more kind.

[ . . . . ] I disagree with making "diversity" a goal. If the developers in a specific free software project do not include demographic D, I don't think that the lack of them as a problem that requires action

The best way to avoid conflict and encourage diversity is to force everyone to voluntarily think alike.

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  • (Score: 3, Touché) by crafoo on Monday October 29 2018, @10:23PM (3 children)

    by crafoo (6639) on Monday October 29 2018, @10:23PM (#755382)

    I wonder how many men would choose the same if they were able.

    Shut up and pull the wagon. When you're done you get a quick burial in-place while we hitch up the new kid.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 30 2018, @07:31AM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 30 2018, @07:31AM (#755535)

    Y'all are showing your age. Almost nobody in NA under 30 was taught to cook, sew, can, darn, revarnish, or even how to clean clothes, dishes, or cooking surfaces. In young families, NOBODY is the stay at home home-maker now. The skills aren't there, among other things. There's just degrees of "how much work can we find" and "how can we schedule sleep and watching the kid(s)".