[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu-UK Planet CoC

[Nik Butler]

Lee Tambiah wrote:
> My blog will soon be exploring Java and Netbeans, as well as Ubuntu. 
> Is it okay to post on Planet Ubuntu UK regarding Netbeans and Java 
> programming. I would like to hope so as Netbeans is open source and 
> Java is going GPL. It shows people what users are using Ubuntu for. 
> Let me know...
>
> Regards
>
> Lee
Speaking as a Loco Team Contact and a Involved member of the community I 
would love to hear more about your explorations of all things FLOSS. The 
CoC amendment seems to be aimed at discouraging anything not FLOSS 
related from entering the conversation. Which in my view is a direct 
Breach to the overall CoC  "Be Respectful"

*Be respectful.* The Ubuntu community and its members treat one another 
with respect. Everyone can make a valuable contribution to Ubuntu. We 
may not always agree, but disagreement is no excuse for poor behaviour 
and poor manners. We might all experience some frustration now and then, 
but we cannot allow that frustration to turn into a personal attack. 
It's important to remember that a community where people feel 
uncomfortable or threatened is not a productive one. We expect members 
of the Ubuntu community to be respectful when dealing with other 
contributors as well as with people outside the Ubuntu project, and with 
users of Ubuntu.

 
I do agree that the main Planet.ubuntu.com is a place of considerate 
conversations related to articles of Ubuntu in nature however I dont 
agree and will be quite strong in my views about the idea that the Loco 
teams should be restrictive in content.

If a member were to join and not contribute then I feel there would be a 
reasonable expectation to ask that member to not spam us but if a member 
has joined and is contributing and their blog contains what to some are 
perceived as adverts of a commercial nature then  we should be 
respectful of their position.  

If there are "anonymous complaints" then I am concerned that the number 
of maintainers of the planet if not wide enough to encompass a fair and 
considered view. Further we cannot judge anyone on the list or web as 
being in alignment to the one complaint. There may be an equal number of 
potential viewers who seeing the "commercial content" decide to approach 
the member in question for those services.

Its just wrong and wrong and wrong again that we should try to implement 
this; its just not Ubuntu


The CoC and any variation of it though should be no excuse to censor, 
mitigate or control the output of any member.


Nik