Re: Code of Conduct?

[Michael D. Godfrey]

On 12/15/2012 04:30 AM, Søren Hauberg wrote:
> Hi All
>
> I don't really have time to contribute at the moment, but I do try to at least 
> follow discussions on the mailing lists. Recently, I've been getting more and 
> more annoyed by the tone of conversation used by certain people. Perhaps I'm 
> just oversensitive, but would it be sensible to introduce a code of conduct 
> like Debian has (essentially, it just asks people to behave nicely):
>
>    http://www.debian.org/MailingLists/#codeofconduct
>
> ? I fear that the aggressive tone I see from time to time is scaring of people, 
> but it may just be me overreacting.
>
> Cheers
> Søren
"Code of Conduct" sounds restrictive.  It could put off as many people 
as does some annoying "tone."
It might make sense to have some guidance like:  Octave is meant to be 
widely inclusive ans d it
is expected that participants will recognize the sensibilities of others.

Michael