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by rgoulter
1097 days ago
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> outside it seems to be an accepted fact of life that having rules surrounding the conduct of project participants is in fact a good thing. I think this talks past concerns. "Just kick out the rude people" is probably a good thing. "Just kick out the people the admins don't like" is probably a bad thing (or at least isn't as impartial as the former). With sections like "In addition, violations of this code outside these spaces may affect a person's ability to participate within them" it really seems the intention of the rules goes above/beyond "rules for the space where project participants communicate in". |
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That is intentional, as I believe that these discussions attract rules lawyers who I feel are missing the point.
If the people running the project enforce rules in bad faith, a CoC like the Contributors Code of Conduct is not materially different from an informal list of bullet-point rules, or even an tacit "Don't be a jerk."