[Mageia-discuss] about the Mageia Code of Conduct

[George J. Walsh]

On Wed, 2010-10-20 at 16:11 -0400, Marc Paré wrote:
> Le 2010-10-20 15:49, Morgan Leijström a écrit :
> > Den 2010-10-20 14:52:05 skrev Frederic Janssens:
> >> Some remarks about the Mageia Code of Conduct proposal
> >>
> >> http://mageia.org/wiki/doku.php?id=codeofconduct
> >>
> >> I think the part
> >>
> >> "Our community is made up of a number of individuals and
> >> organizations which can roughly be divided into two groups:
> 
> You could also substitute "divided into" to "comprised of". I agree also 
> that the "divided as" brings up a negative feeling and should maybe be 
> reconsidered.

Excellent word-smithing there, Marc.

Your use of the phrase 'comprised of' implies a broader and more 'open'
inclusion, as opposed to a more rigidly narrow definition which, as you
have also pointed out is conflict-promoting with negative overtones.
Surely not what we are wanting to do.

Bravo ...

George