From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (smtp1.linux-foundation.org [172.17.192.35]) by mail.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 85179D12 for ; Thu, 11 Oct 2018 07:42:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: from userp2120.oracle.com (userp2120.oracle.com [156.151.31.85]) by smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2D1ADEC for ; Thu, 11 Oct 2018 07:42:36 +0000 (UTC) Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2018 10:42:24 +0300 From: Dan Carpenter To: Alan Cox Message-ID: <20181011074224.zzhh3btcj3kxw4k7@mwanda> References: <1538861738.4088.5.camel@HansenPartnership.com> <1538861851.4088.7.camel@HansenPartnership.com> <1538883209.4088.14.camel@HansenPartnership.com> <20181008163748.0e68cba5@alans-desktop> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20181008163748.0e68cba5@alans-desktop> Cc: James Bottomley , Tim.Bird@sony.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, ksummit-discuss@lists.linuxfoundation.org Subject: Re: [Ksummit-discuss] [PATCH 2/2] code-of-conduct: Strip the enforcement paragraph pending community discussion List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On Mon, Oct 08, 2018 at 04:37:48PM +0100, Alan Cox wrote: > > > I happen to think that the fact that the TAB cannot compel where it > > cannot persuade is a huge strength of the system because it means > > there's no power structure to subvert if someone were interested in > > using it to try to impose their own viewpoint on the community. But > > that's just my opinion and I did write the TAB charter, so I'm probably > > biased in this viewpoint. > > The TAB can't handle it anyway because the privacy promise about > reporting is incompatible with reality for three reasons (and I bet there > are more) Really you want to keep any reporting private from people on the TAB because they're going to be interviewing you for a job in a couple years. regards, dan carpenter