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Re:No, you can't take open source code back by pexaizix on Thursday February 14, 2019 @11:34AM (#19163183)
If you need a code of conduct to keep someone like him away, your project was dysfunctional to begin with.
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Re:No, you can't take open source code back by monocasa on Thursday February 14, 2019 @11:38AM (#19163222)
What makes you say that?
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Re:No, you can't take open source code back by pexaizix on Thursday February 14, 2019 @11:40AM (#19163244)
Communities have existed since the dawn of man and CoCs weren't necessary to keep idiots away. When someone is an idiot, you don't need a set of rules to identify that he's an idiot, and to have a basis to kick him out. If you 1) can't identify idiots or 2) can't kick out idiots, then you have a dysfunctional community or no teeth. CoCs can't fix a community or make you grow teeth.
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Re:No, you can't take open source code back by monocasa on Thursday February 14, 2019 @01:22PM (#19164352)
Communities have had published standards of conduct since the bronze age.
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Re:No, you can't take open source code back by hnbroseph on Thursday February 14, 2019 @02:59PM (#19165416)
> you don't need a set of rules to identify that he's an idiot, and to have a basis to kick him out

afaik, a code doesn't exist because of an inability to identify or to (attempt to) exclude a person.

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Re:No, you can't take open source code back by hnbroseph on Thursday February 14, 2019 @12:52PM (#19164035)
i think "to keep someone like him away" is a bit of a red herring.
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