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Re:No more rock stars: how to stop abuse in tech communities by exstudent2 on Tuesday June 21, 2016 @07:42PM (#11950394)
It's not up to open source maintainers to act as a poor mirror of the judicial system. If someone is breaking the law, the authorities should handle it. If the accused is found guilty, then they can be kicked out of the project/fired...
Re:No more rock stars: how to stop abuse in tech communities by ksenzee on Tuesday June 21, 2016 @07:47PM (#11950423)
I can't agree with you. Open-source communities have both the right and the responsibility to protect themselves from toxic people. If I showed up in, say, the Firefox issue tracker and started trolling people and insulting their contributors, they'd ban me without thinking twice. I wouldn't have broken any laws, but they'd still be well within their rights to get rid of me.
Re:No more rock stars: how to stop abuse in tech communities by DanBC on Tuesday June 21, 2016 @07:48PM (#11950428)
Criminal law uses the "beyond all reasonable doubt" burden of proof.

Civil law uses the "balance of probabilities" burden of proof.

A project kicking out a member doesn't have to meet any burden of proof, they just have to show that they're not being discriminatory.