[oi-dev] OpenIndiana Code of Conduct

[Alan Coopersmith]

On 08/ 1/16 03:01 PM, WebDawg wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 1, 2016 at 5:31 PM, Alan Coopersmith <alan.coopersmith at oracle.com
> <mailto:alan.coopersmith at oracle.com>> wrote:
>
>     On 08/ 1/16 07:13 AM, WebDawg wrote:
>
>         Do you really want a group of people assigned to disciplining people, in the
>         dark?  How about anonymous complaints, but on an open forum?  There
>         should be a
>         POC to complain, but if you want the project to be 'open' should not
>         every thing
>         be open?
>
>
>     Not necessarily.  You don't want people afraid to report because they're going
>     to be publicly exposed, and you don't want people threatening the project
>     claiming they've been publicly defamed over accusations.   Sometimes privacy is
>     the best policy, and not everything needs to be open to the world.
>
> I could just see it being used to report things that now someone cannot defend.

The team handling the abuse complaints can ask the accused to respond privately,
without involving the rest of the world.

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	-Alan Coopersmith-              alan.coopersmith at oracle.com
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