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> I have been banned from the Drupal project for Code Of Conduct violations in 2016. Out of curiosity, how long did they ban you for and will they give you any

> I have been banned from the Drupal project for Code Of Conduct violations in 2016. Out of curiosity, how long did they ban you for and will they give you any 'parole hearings' for good behavior? Or is this a lifetime ban without possibility of parole? In most countries somebody convicted of murder might hope to one day be declared rehabilitated, but it's not clear to me what role rehabilitation plays in CoC enforcement.

chx 7y ago
> Out of curiosity, how long did they ban you for at the time, this was never clearly stated but I believe the shared understanding was indefinite > will they give you any 'parole hearings' for good behavior noone even thought of that > but it's not clear to me what role rehabilitation plays in CoC enforcement. This is not as simple as sitting on the bench for a time and then you are back and yay. I'd say the road to rehabilitation is rare. You do not get the banhammer for straying just once and so if you are hell bent on being so toxic that you need to be banned then bending out of that shape is probably quite rare. It took the entire #metoo movement (for me especially Susan Fowler's incredible Uber blog post, the Hungarian accusations I blogged about and the infamous Drupal one I alluded to in the blog post) to shake me badly enough to make it possible to re-investigate my entire world view on these topics. And then came the time when the CoC was introduced to Linux and the bro avalanche again provided me a unique opportunity to say "no. this is not right." and I spent an entire day on reddit trying to answer all this crap. I got lucky but as they say, luck is when preparedness meet opportunity and I am not sure others will have these opportunities. If you haven't read Susan Fowler's Whistleblower book, do so now.
- catalogia 7y ago
  > This is not as simple as sitting on the bench for a time and then you are back and yay. Neither are parole hearings. I wouldn't expect them to let you rejoin after a predetermined amount of time, but I would expect them to periodically reconsider the ban given the latest up to date evidence about your personality/character. If you came to understand the error in your ways and made demonstrable moves to improve the way you conduct yourself (it sounds like you have), surely that should be considered.
  - chx 7y ago
    And so it happened. I reached out when I was ready (I linked that blog post too, it's the last one) and they agreed after a few rounds of discussion.

chx 7y ago

> Out of curiosity, how long did they ban you for at the time, this was never clearly stated but I believe the shared understanding was indefinite > will they give you any 'parole hearings' for good behavior noone even thought of that > but it's not clear to me what role rehabilitation plays in CoC enforcement. This is not as simple as sitting on the bench for a time and then you are back and yay. I'd say the road to rehabilitation is rare. You do not get the banhammer for straying just once and so if you are hell bent on being so toxic that you need to be banned then bending out of that shape is probably quite rare. It took the entire #metoo movement (for me especially Susan Fowler's incredible Uber blog post, the Hungarian accusations I blogged about and the infamous Drupal one I alluded to in the blog post) to shake me badly enough to make it possible to re-investigate my entire world view on these topics. And then came the time when the CoC was introduced to Linux and the bro avalanche again provided me a unique opportunity to say "no. this is not right." and I spent an entire day on reddit trying to answer all this crap. I got lucky but as they say, luck is when preparedness meet opportunity and I am not sure others will have these opportunities. If you haven't read Susan Fowler's Whistleblower book, do so now.

catalogia 7y ago
> This is not as simple as sitting on the bench for a time and then you are back and yay. Neither are parole hearings. I wouldn't expect them to let you rejoin after a predetermined amount of time, but I would expect them to periodically reconsider the ban given the latest up to date evidence about your personality/character. If you came to understand the error in your ways and made demonstrable moves to improve the way you conduct yourself (it sounds like you have), surely that should be considered.
- chx 7y ago
  And so it happened. I reached out when I was ready (I linked that blog post too, it's the last one) and they agreed after a few rounds of discussion.