Re: Add Code of Conduct [Another RFC or not now?]

[Karlin High]

I think the Code of Conduct discussion is reaching (or has reached) the 
point of exhaustion and is unlikely to be productive if continued 
further in current directions. It seems there is pretty strong 
opposition to adopting the Contributor Covenant Code of Conduct as 
originally proposed.

I'm thankful for the occasion to self-reflect on Lilypond's discussion 
environment. I've been thinking about this a lot. A point was made 
earlier that the expectation of having Codes of Conduct in open-source 
communities is not going to go away. In that case, I think it would be 
best to "fill the vacuum" and adopt something everyone finds acceptable. 
That, as opposed to having a sufficiently-influential outside party 
demand adoption of a Code the community doesn't want, as happened to the 
SQLite project.

In the spirit of the recent "RFC" posts that explore different future 
directions, I think I could soon propose something for a Code of 
Conduct. (It draws on some centuries-old traditions of community 
conflict resolution.)

However, I'd like to hear from David Kastrup and James Lowe first. To 
me, their opposition registered as the strongest.

Question: Would this opposition apply to all Codes of Conduct as a 
matter of principle? Or just to the particular one that was proposed, 
and you'd consider supporting a more-acceptable alternative?

And, would you like to see an alternative proposal...

* Soon
* Later
* Please never

I'm not going to propose anything now if it's felt the entire issue 
needs a rest for the moment.

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Karlin High
Missouri, USA