<div dir="ltr">I was suggesting either of Abide by or Respect. I would prefer Respect since it's friendlier, and implies obedience as well as suggests allegiance to the spirit of the law.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><br>Freundliche Grüße<br>Boudhayan Gupta<br>KDE e.V. - Community Working Group<br>+49 151 71032970</div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On 15 September 2017 at 21:31, Alexander Neundorf <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:neundorf@kde.org" target="_blank">neundorf@kde.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5">On 2017 M09 15, Fri 20:02:35 CEST Thomas Pfeiffer wrote:<br>
> > On 15. Sep 2017, at 04:34, Valorie Zimmerman <<a href="mailto:valorie.zimmerman@gmail.com">valorie.zimmerman@gmail.com</a>><br>
> > wrote:><br>
> > On Thu, Sep 14, 2017 at 4:17 PM, Albert Astals Cid <<a href="mailto:aacid@kde.org">aacid@kde.org</a>> wrote:<br>
> >> El divendres, 15 de setembre de 2017, a les 1:10:32 CEST, Boudhayan Gupta<br>
> >> va>><br>
> >> escriure:<br>
> >>> While we're at it, might I suggest also changing the first line to<br>
> >>> "[Respect/Abide by] the KDE Code of Conduct" instead of "Support"?<br>
> >><br>
> >> Any linguist on the room?<br>
> >><br>
> >> Can you explain why you think it matters?<br>
> >><br>
> >> Cheers,<br>
> >><br>
> >> Albert<br>
> ><br>
> > I'm not a linguist, but if we are making other changes, then I support<br>
> > making the change from "support" to "respect and abide by" which is<br>
> > stronger and more specific.<br>
> ><br>
> > The suggestion to add "Support the KDE Vision and Mission" is a good<br>
> > one, so I support both changes.<br>
> ><br>
> > Valorie<br>
><br>
> I’m also for adding the Vision / Mission support and for strengthening the<br>
> wording on the CoC, though I find “respect and abide by” a bit too much. I<br>
> thought Boudhayan was just suggesting to use either of those.<br>
><br>
> So maybe “abide by”, as that already for me kinda implies “respect” (we’re<br>
> not exactly the kind of people who abide by rules they don’t even respect).<br>
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</div></div>I'd prefer "respect", it sounds more friendly to me.<br>
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Alex<br>
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