Why a Generic Open Source Project Can't Also Be a Successful Civil Rights Project
https://chrismcdonough.substack.com/p/why-a-generic-open-source-project
good points.
A rule must be clear, otherwise its application can be abused and it becomes a dangerous rule.
Moreover, you can ban in an effective way "sexism", "racism" and "fascism" from a community, specifying that these type of messages are not allowed in the communication channels. They are simply off-topic respect software development.
But it is dangerous if you declare to ban "sexist", "racist" and "fascist" people, because: there can be a "fascist" who is a good contributor and he is not violating the CoC during his interactions in the project; corrupt people can ban someone they don't like, only accusing him to be a "fascist".
French revolution had good ideals, but it created also "The Reign of Terror".
@mzan @chrism
> there can be a "fascist" who is a good contributor and he is not violating the CoC during his interactions in the project; corrupt people can ban someone they don't like, only accusing him to be a "fascist".
Community members shall only beat each other up outside the community conference venue to avoid being banned from the event?
@schmittlauch
if you are physically harmful to other persons, you cannot stay in the same event with them, and there can be also police investigations. So, usually people with accusations are banned from the event, waiting for the trial or quick double-check from the organizers.
There can be also false allegations, and the sad part, it is that often there are no consequences for the false accusers. But this is another story...
But if you are a serial-killer, sending pull-requests from your prison, using a nick-name, then these PR should be reviewed only according the technical details.
If you buy a car, and you are polite, they do not check how you earned the money. In a software project, the currency (i.e. substance) is the code, and the form is how you interact in the community. All other aspects are hard to enforce, and there can be dangerous side-effects.
