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Please take a moment to read the project's Code of Conduct: https://github.com/gleam-lang/gleam/blob/main/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md https://github.com/gleam-lang/glea

Please take a moment to read the project's Code of Conduct: https://github.com/gleam-lang/gleam/blob/main/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md https://github.com/gleam-lang/gleam/blob/main/CODE_OF_CONDUC... It says that if you're a contributor, people can make anonymous complaints about you, and you will be judged and punished without being afforded the right to face your accuser and full access to the accusation and the evidence (that is, a "confidential" adjudication procedure). Naturally, you can be punished for very vague offenses, under the title of any "conduct which could reasonably be considered inappropriate in a professional setting". It's not even any conduct which _is_ inappropriate in the setting of the project - it's enough that someone could subjectively consider it inappropriate, and in a different professional setting. In other words: Very easy to cook up charges as necessary. If all of that is not enough - anyone who is deemed not to follow the code of conduct in good faith - i.e. it's not enough that you follow it, you have to show good faith about it - is an offender automatically. Even failing to actively _enforce_ the CoC is an offense. Now, Gleam may not the only project with this kind of repressive project-criminal code; but this is quite saddening to see in a Free Software project.

lpil 6y ago
Any code of conduct violation or accusation will be taken with the greatest level of seriousness and will be investigated by myself. Rest assured that violations nor CoC trolling will not be tolerated in any way.
- einpoklum 6y ago
  You're saying that the failings of the formal procedures will be made up for by the benevolence of the person exercising investigatory and judicial powers. Perhaps the way the project actually runs is fine - after all, I don't know you nor the project. But generally, that's not the case. When I consider collaborating/contributing significantly to a project, and I see something like this CoC, it is a large red warning light. (Which is a bit ironic considering it's supposed to enforce inclusiveness and a welcoming atmosphere...)
  - lpil 6y ago
    In which case I would encourage you not to participate in Gleam, thank you.
dsiegel2275 6y ago
I think you're reading too much into this. It doesn't say "you will be judged and punished". It says "All complaints will be reviewed and investigated and will result in a response that is deemed necessary and appropriate to the circumstances."

lpil 6y ago

Any code of conduct violation or accusation will be taken with the greatest level of seriousness and will be investigated by myself. Rest assured that violations nor CoC trolling will not be tolerated in any way.

einpoklum 6y ago
You're saying that the failings of the formal procedures will be made up for by the benevolence of the person exercising investigatory and judicial powers. Perhaps the way the project actually runs is fine - after all, I don't know you nor the project. But generally, that's not the case. When I consider collaborating/contributing significantly to a project, and I see something like this CoC, it is a large red warning light. (Which is a bit ironic considering it's supposed to enforce inclusiveness and a welcoming atmosphere...)
- lpil 6y ago
  In which case I would encourage you not to participate in Gleam, thank you.

dsiegel2275 6y ago

I think you're reading too much into this. It doesn't say "you will be judged and punished". It says "All complaints will be reviewed and investigated and will result in a response that is deemed necessary and appropriate to the circumstances."