GPL and Ethics

[chipbennett]

Regarding the suggestion that WordPress consider adopting a Community Code of Conduct, see Jane Wells' wrap-up of the recent developer meet-up [my emphasis in bold red]:

Topics: Direction for the coming year(s), canonical plugins, social i18n for plugins, plugin salvage (like UDRP for abandoned plugins), WordPress/MU merge, default themes, CMS functionality (custom taxonomies, types, statuses, queries), cross-content taxonomy, media functions and UI, community “levels” based on activity, defining scope of releases, site menu management, communications within the community, lessons learned from past releases, mentorship programs, Trac issues, wordpress.org redesign, documentation, community code of conduct.


You can see why I didn’t want to try to cram it all into one post, right?


Just to make sure it’s clear in everyone’s minds, I want to reiterate that these discussions were just that: discussions. They were not secret meetings ending in hard and fast decisions. The idea was to 1) get the core commit team on the same page in order to improve workflow efficiency and communication, and 2) come out of the meetup with a long list of things we know we want to work on in the coming year, and from there to work with the broader community to determine priorities/strategies before starting the work of getting it all done. As I finish off 2009 by posting summaries of the meetup conversations, I hope you’ll all plan to start 2010 with enthusiastic participation in one or more of the projects that will take these conservations from concept to reality.

So, maybe the idea has some merit - and some legs?

And, if given the opportunity, I would of course offer to participate in such conversations!

[Len]

community code of conduct

Interesting. It's the first time I've ever seen that mentioned officially.

[Simon]

community code of conduct

Sounds like an excellent idea. Did anything ever come of this (either officially on WordPress.org, or via another group)?

[Jeffro]

Browsing around google and trying to remember anything from the top of my head, I don't think that idea saw the light of day. Wow, and this thread is from 2009 lol.

[chipbennett]

Browsing around google and trying to remember anything from the top of my head, I don't think that idea saw the light of day. Wow, and this thread is from 2009 lol.

Yeah, as far as I know, the idea of developing a community code of conduct never went anywhere (much to KevinJohn Gallagher's chagrin).

And, boy, does this thread bring back some memories...

[Elpie]

And, boy, does this thread bring back some memories...

It's kind of how I imagine mice feel when caged with a wheel - time moves on but they keep on going around in circles One day, someone will come along with an "original" idea for a community code of conduct and the powers that be will go, "wow, what a good idea". Then shelve it again. C'est la vie :-)