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[Stefano Maffulli <stefano@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thank you Tim, I've incorporated your thoughts in the preamble. I'm 
publishing this now on the blog itself and if no further comments are 
received, I'll assume the policy is in place (until we need to change 
it, of course).

OpenStack.org Blog is the asset owned by the community and a platform 
where to share thoughts, ideas, reports and news about OpenStack. All 
the authors of blog posts have the responsibility to respect this 
common space while being grateful for the opportunity it represents. As 
a writer you should write articles respecting other's opinions, even if 
you disagree. The OpenStack Community will benefit from sharing, 
debating and reflecting rather than discounting and disparaging others' 
thoughts. Remember that as an author of OpenStack.org blog, the 
community trusts you to give voice to the community as a whole.

Writers accept these simple principles:

    Prefer facts to opinions: be always aware that what you publish 
will be read by thousands of people and that your opinion is not 
necessarily that of the whole community. Try to stick to facts, like 
reporting the result of a meeting, announcing upcoming community 
events, describing technical achievements.
    Disclose, don't promote: it's good to let people know that a 
company is contributing to OpenStack, sponsoring an event and such but 
the OpenStack.org Blog is not the place to publish a company's press 
release.
    Contribute to the commons: our blog is licensed under the terms of 
Creative Commons Attribution Share-alike version 3 unported. Pay 
attention to the license of any material you add to the blog, make sure 
it's released under compatible terms.

On Sat 02 Jun 2012 11:24:47 AM PDT, Tim Bell wrote:
>
> I'd propose to add an additional one regarding respect of other's opinions
>
> Articles should be written on the basis of mutual respect of other's
> opinions. There are always many different perspectives on how technology can
> be used. Blog should accept that different views are to be considered even
> if the author does not share them. Communities benefit from sharing,
> debating and reflecting rather than discounting and disparaging others'
> thoughts.
>
> Tim
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: openstack-community-bounces+tim.bell=cern.ch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> [mailto:openstack-community-bounces+tim.bell=cern.ch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>> On Behalf Of Stefano Maffulli
>> Sent: 01 June 2012 21:50
>> To: User Groups Community, OpenStack
>> Subject: [Openstack-community] DRAFT OpenStack.org Blog Authors Code of
>> Conduct
>>
>> Hello all,
>>
>> with the current number of authors on the community blog I think it's a
> good
>> idea to make sure we all have a clear understanding of what it means to
> have
>> an account on such visible community asset.
>>
>> I think it would be good for the whole community to have a brief, clear,
>> understandable code of conduct for all existing authors and for the future
> ones.
>>
>> Below is a draft: please review it and give your opinion. Add your
> comments
>> and if there are no clear oppositions, we'll remove the draft from
>> http://wiki.openstack.org/Website/AuthorsCodeOfConduct.
>>
>> thanks,
>> stef
>>
>> ================================================================
>> ==========
>> DRAFT OpenStack.org Blog Authors Code of Conduct
>>
>> OpenStack.org Blog is the asset owned by the community and a platform
> where
>> to share thoughts, ideas, reports and news about OpenStack.  All the
> authors of
>> blog posts have the responsibility to respect this common space while
> being
>> grateful for the opportunity it represents.
>>
>> If you are an author of OpenStack.org blog it means that the community
> trusts
>> you to give voice to the community as a whole. Writers accept these simple
>> principles:
>>
>> * Prefer facts to opinions: be always aware that what you publish will be
> read
>> by thousands of people and that your opinion is not necessarily that of
> the
>> whole community.  Stick to facts, like reporting the result of a meeting,
>> announcing upcoming community events, describing technical achievements.
>>
>> * Disclose, don't promote: it's good to let people know that a company is
>> contributing to OpenStack, sponsoring an event and such but the
> OpenStack.org
>> Blog is not the place to publish a company's press release.
>>
>> * Contribute to the commons: our blog is licensed under the terms of
> Creative
>> Commons Attribution Share-alike version 3 unported. Pay attention to the
>> license of any material you add to the blog, make sure it's released under
>> compatible terms.
>>
>> ================================================================
>> ==========
>>
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