Re: Joint statement on the GNU Project

[Richard Stallman]

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  > What I meant but what I read was that, in my opinion we need
  > guidelines how to communicate, what is acceptable and what is
  > not. To make people feel safe and respected.

We have something better than that: the GNU Kind Communication Guidelines.

Instead of drawing a line, with "acceptable" on one side and
"unacceptable", like a code of conduct, the Kind Communication
Guidelines teach what is better and what is worse.  So people can
continue to improve, beyond merely "acceptable".

I will not adopt a code of conduct for GNU.


-- 
Dr Richard Stallman
Founder, Free Software Foundation (https://gnu.org, https://fsf.org)
Internet Hall-of-Famer (https://internethalloffame.org)