[Linux-aus] Linux Australia Code of Conduct

[Silvia Pfeiffer]

On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 10:15 PM, Chris Neugebauer <chrisjrn at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 21:55, Silvia Pfeiffer
> <silvia at silvia-pfeiffer.de> wrote:
>>
>> I've watched the keynote and while it made me only mildly queasy
>> (cause I'm old enough for such stuff), it immediately made me judge
>> the speaker as unprofessional, non-technical and not worthy of an LCA
>> keynote. I would have walked out if I had had my child along at that
>> keynote.
>
> Well, he did specifically say that the content was PG-13 related, so
> you'd have had your opportunity.

It wasn't PG-13 in my opinion. It was more like MA.

> Should he have been able to make that disclaimer on an LCA keynote and
> still present? Probably not, and that's what the code of conduct is
> there to prevent/control.

It wasn't clear whether that PG-13 announcement was a joke or not. It
certainly was unusual for an LCA.
And indeed: all talks at LCA sould be G or at least PG rated, if such
a rating system even applies to conferences.

Cheers,
Silvia.