Code of Conduct (based on Contributor Covenant 3.0) for copyleft-next goes into effect within a week; final comments *now* please
Vasileios Valatsos
me at aethrvmn.gr
Tue Jun 23 19:51:31 UTC 2026
Excuse me for the bluntness, but why? As in, who is this for? Also, in
all honesty, who cares?
It would seem to me that there is no point to pass a CoC since there is
no conduct to regulate? It would make much more sense if there was any
conduct apart from the list admins informing us of the need to regulate
conduct.
Have there been any specific instances of misbehaviour in the past year
that would necessitate a CoC? Does anyone feel like HBR and common sense
have been unable to regulate the current state of the mailing list?
>I can now announce with confidence that three such people have been
found, and we are *mere days away* from having a Code of Conduct for
copyleft-next! 🥳
Ignoring the obvious disregard for HBR (i.e. see quote above), it seems
completely pointless for this to be an action, nevermind an action
worthy of celebration. It feels completely void of any initiative, and
it seems the only people who have responded are more interested with the
presentation rather than the substance of `copyleft-next`, i.e. people
seem more focused with having a CoC rather than having any discussion
for an attempt at a new copyleft license?
I understand the most probable response is "We will attempt to revive
the attempt later this year", but until the mailing list is active in
any capacity other than "we *need* to regulate a mailing list, at
minimum for the sake of having regulation", it seems like a completely
vacuous action.
I would use sarcasm to describe the absurdity, but this mystical
triumvirate might retroactively decide that I violate the CoC, idk.
In any case, was this the only thing holding back `copyleft-next`; the
lack of a CoC? What's the point of these theatrics?
- Vasileios
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