[WFS-India] Key Conflicts in formulating Mail List Guidelines

[A. Mani]

On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 5:46 PM, Indranil Das Gupta <indradg at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Question1: Is C+E our strategy or do experienced members follow new
>>> weakened versions of standard rules?
>
> I was always week in maths... so can we discard this set theory business?
>

This is about rule based systems. It is not necessarily within set theory.

>
>> The degree to which a member is comfortable should be left as a decision to
>> the member. We can suggest possible guidelines but not impose them on
>> everyone. However, certain practices can be strongly handled when necessary.
>> They have been put in "What to avoid?" portion in the new draft.
>
> +1
>
> Here we are talking about freedom, openness and being inviting and
> warm to newcomers (esp women) and yet we seem to sinking into a
> bureaucratic mind-trap of hardened rules and stringent regulation when
> it comes to something so basic as the mailing list.

Rules are great for specifications.
Specifications are a form of knowledge and should also be free.

Only those who specify well can survive in the FOSS world.

So specs should be part of our culture.

The resolution is
"Experienced members may continue to follow the strict version of
mailing list rules, but are advised to maintain a cheerful and helpful
atmosphere. "

I will see if I can improve it further.


Best

A. Mani


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