Re: [Ksummit-discuss] [PATCH 2/2] code-of-conduct: Strip the enforcement paragraph pending community discussion

From: Shuah Khan
Date: Sun Oct 07 2018 - 11:32:50 EST


On 10/06/2018 03:37 PM, James Bottomley wrote:
> Significant concern has been expressed about the responsibilities outlined in
> the enforcement clause of the new code of conduct. Since there is concern
> that this becomes binding on the release of the 4.19 kernel, strip the
> enforcement clauses to give the community time to consider and debate how this
> should be handled.
>
> Signed-off-by: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Documentation/process/code-of-conduct.rst | 15 ---------------
> 1 file changed, 15 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/process/code-of-conduct.rst b/Documentation/process/code-of-conduct.rst
> index aa40e34e7785..4dd90987305b 100644
> --- a/Documentation/process/code-of-conduct.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/process/code-of-conduct.rst
> @@ -59,21 +59,6 @@ address, posting via an official social media account, or acting as an appointed
> representative at an online or offline event. Representation of a project may be
> further defined and clarified by project maintainers.
>
> -Enforcement
> -===========
> -
> -Instances of abusive, harassing, or otherwise unacceptable behavior may be
> -reported by contacting the Technical Advisory Board (TAB) at
> -<tab@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>. All complaints will be reviewed and
> -investigated and will result in a response that is deemed necessary and
> -appropriate to the circumstances. The TAB is obligated to maintain
> -confidentiality with regard to the reporter of an incident. Further details of
> -specific enforcement policies may be posted separately.
> -
> -Maintainers who do not follow or enforce the Code of Conduct in good faith may
> -face temporary or permanent repercussions as determined by other members of the
> -projectâs leadership.
> -
> Attribution
> ===========
>
>

With the assumption that the enforcement details will be added later after community
discussion in upcoming releases.

Acked-by: Shuah Khan <shuah@xxxxxxxxxx>

thanks,
-- Shuah