Re: [Ksummit-discuss] [PATCH] code-of-conduct: Remove explicit list of discrimination factors

From: Josh Triplett
Date: Wed Oct 17 2018 - 05:13:35 EST


On Wed, Oct 17, 2018 at 09:19:01AM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> Providing an explicit list of discrimination factors may give the false
> impression that discrimination based on other unlisted factors would be
> allowed.

This impression is, in fact, false, as has already been discussed
elsewhere. I had hoped that discussion would suffice.

As mentioned there: The original commit explicitly said "Explicit
guidelines have demonstrated success in other projects and other areas
of the kernel."; this is precisely the kind of explicit guideline it
refers to. Listing explicit cases to cover does not imply other cases
are not covered; it does, however, ensure that the listed cases *are*,
and helps people know that they're covered.

This patch is not OK, and defeats one of the purposes of the original
change.