[Numpy-discussion] Adoption of a Code of Conduct

[Ralf Gommers]

On Fri, Aug 3, 2018 at 11:39 AM, Chris Barker <chris.barker at noaa.gov> wrote:

> On Fri, Aug 3, 2018 at 11:20 AM, Chris Barker <chris.barker at noaa.gov>
> wrote:
>
>> Given Jupyter, numpy, scipy, matplotlib?, etc, are all working on a CoC
>> -- maybe we could have NumFocus take a lead on this for the whole community?
>>
>
Nelle is right about the process and community buy-in.


>
> or adopt an existing one, like maybe:
>
> The Contributor Covenant <http://www.contributor-covenant.org/> was
> adopted by several prominent open source projects, including Atom,
> AngularJS, Eclipse, and even Rails. According to Github, total adoption of
> the Contributor Covenant is nearing an astounding ten thousand open source
> projects.
>

The tone of the Contributor Covenant is far from good. All of this and more
was extensively discussed when introducing the SciPy CoC. Can you please
read the mailing list discussion on scipy-dev before suggesting a major
change in direction?

Also keep in mind that the SciPy and NumPy communities strongly overlap,
and everyone was okay with the SciPy CoC. We're discussing one tweak to
that; removing two words or adding 1-2 sentences. It is counter-productive
to start from scratch.

Cheers,
Ralf



>
> I'm trying to figure out why numpy (Or any project, really) has either
> unique needs or people better qualified to write a CoC than any other
> project or community. So much like OSS licences -- it's much better to pick
> an established one than write your own.
>
> For the record, the Covenant does have a laundry list of "classes", that
> does not include political belief, but does mention "political" here:
>
> """
> Examples of unacceptable behavior by participants include:
> ...
> Trolling, insulting/derogatory comments, and personal or political attacks
>  ...
> """
>
> -CHB
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