Re: Question to all candidates: Perceived hostility within the community

[Wouter Verhelst <wouter@debian.org>]

On Mon, Mar 05, 2007 at 01:41:09PM +0000, Matthew Garrett wrote:
> Josselin Mouette <joss@debian.org> wrote:
> > There is nothing like a moral right to mock people, just like there is
> > nothing like a moral right not to be mocked.
> 
> Research[1] has shown that one of the primary factors deterring women
> from involvement in free software is the perceived hostility of many of
> the communities. Do candidates believe that mocking of other members of
> the project is acceptable[2],

Generally, no. However, in any sufficiently large community it *will*
happen; and I do not think that flaming people because one feels mocked
is acceptable, either.

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