[cfe-dev] [Openmp-dev] [lldb-dev] [llvm-dev] FYI: Landing the initial draft for an LLVM Code of Conduct

Robinson, Paul via cfe-dev cfe-dev at lists.llvm.org
Wed Jul 6 09:45:17 PDT 2016


> On 6 Jul 2016, at 16:16, Robinson, Paul <paul.robinson at sony.com> wrote:
> >
> > As Daniel pointed out, an enumeration like that knows no bounds, and
> > starting a list invites endless what-if questions.  That's why I settled
> > for a more qualitative statement; we have to acknowledge that ultimately
> > there's a judgement call on the part of the enforcement committee, but
> > the wording as it was felt a little too wide-open for me.
> 
> That I was explicitly *not* what I was suggesting an enumeration of all
> possible cases, I was suggesting an additional document describing
> hypothetical case studies and whether they would be covered.  There is
> ample precedent for this in law (for example, much of the tax code in the
> UK comes along with guidance notes, which are not considered legally
> binding but provide people with rough rules of thumb) and does not
> degenerate into an attempt to list every possible case.
> 
> David

Ah, okay!  Like non-normative guidance/motivation text in a standards
document.  That works.
--paulr




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