contributor_covenant

proudly lists her PHP affiliation. She also mentions her hobby of writing adult-oriented Harry Potter fan fiction, and links to her stories at fanfiction.net. These stories are full of sexualized language and imagery. Her author page at fanfiction.net also cites her PHP affiliation. Is Facebook a "public space"? Is fanfiction.net a "public space"? Is listing her PHP affiliation on those sties count as "representing the project or its community"? This is not just a theoretical issue. The author of that code of conduct submitted an issue to a project on Github that was not using a code of conduct trying to convince them to remove someone who tweeted something she thought was transphobic, on the grounds that he mentioned the project in his Twitter profile and so his statements reflect on the project [2]. [1] I'm using Alice as a generic name here. If there are any people named Alice who are PHP contributors, this is not a reference to them. [2] https://github.com/opal/opal/issues/941 PS: Swift is using the same code of conduct. I sent them an email asking how they interpret these things, and their response was: We want to clarify with you that “representing the project or its community” in the context of “public spaces” refers to behavior at Swift-oriented events, and not to individual social/online profiles or unrelated interests. PPS: The author of this code of conduct has stated that version 1.4 will expand that unclear section by adding: Due to their strong association with the project, core contributors are always seen as actively representing it. See https://github.com/CoralineAda/contributor_covenant/issues/1...