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GNOME ponders its code of conduct

GNOME ponders its code of conduct

Posted Dec 17, 2009 10:11 UTC (Thu) by liljencrantz (subscriber, #28458)
Parent article: GNOME ponders its code of conduct

Moving parts of the discussion to a private mailing list to increas S/N ratio would be a case of the cure being worse than the disease. It would significantly hinder community growth, transparency and openness. It's the same basic phenomenon as discussed in this TED talk - if you let someting roam free on the Internet, you may create something wonderful, but you sure a shell can't control it.


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