Re: Why the "social contract" should not be endorsed

[Alexandre François Garreau]

Le mardi 25 février 2020, 19:25:13 CET Kaz Kylheku (gnu-misc-discuss) a 
écrit :
> On 2020-02-24 19:36, Alexandre François Garreau wrote:
> > Le samedi 22 février 2020, 20:48:43 CET Andreas Enge a écrit :
> >> If anything, this message shows how much a code of conduct is needed.
> > 
> > I’ve just read https://wiki.gnu.tools/wiki:code-of-conduct
> 
> Note that there has been no initiative to promote that code of conduct
> for the GNU project. All the noise has been about the social
> contract.

I know, but recently (some days ago as you can see) it was stated that a 
CoC would be desirable, and afaik the covenant CoC is a pretty standard 
and widespread one, so it is interesting to criticize it before it is 
considered more widely (especially as this very CoC’s faq ask not to 
criticize it, when you’re victim of it, so you have to do it at other 
moments).

Also I was commenting on the fact supporters of CoC don’t even abide by 
them.  So it is likely they’re subjective enough not to realize they just 
want to impose more burden to people they disagree with, without added 
burden on them (in other words: they just want more enforcement power, CoC 
serving as a justification for it).