It's amusing that people think sqlite.org/codeofconduct. is intended as satire. Richard Hipp is a devout Christian and proselytizing is part of that. I think he's being entirely sincere. As an atheist, I think it's ridiculous but I can respect that he actually lives by his beliefs.
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contributor-covenant.org/version/1/4/co includes "Being respectful of differing viewpoints and experiences" and not harassing people based on religion beliefs.
Part of being respectful of a differing viewpoint is making a good faith attempt to understand it and see things from that perspective.
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I don't think it's reasonable. I think it's ridiculous to adopt a set of religious values / rules from 500 AD for a project. I expect they find the Contributor Covenant to be just as ridiculous based on a perspective driven by deep religious convictions.
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Just because it's not bad-faith doesn't mean it's reasonable. Asking others who don't necessarily share your religion to follow a religiously-based code of conduct as part of interaction with your project does not strike me as reasonable.
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Proselytizing to save others is a core part of their beliefs. Claiming you respect their religious beliefs while expecting them to keep it private and to ignore the associated value system is cognitive dissonance. Lots of people breaking the CoC they want adopted instead of this.
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I personally don't support "Being respectful of differing viewpoints" rather than "Be respectful of people with differing viewpoints" (incl. religion), but I'm not seeing either among the people pushing it. Not seeing much "Showing empathy towards other community members" either.
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His beliefs include proselytizing to convert people and save them from eternal damnation. Passing up this opportunity to do it doesn't fit with those beliefs. He doesn't simply believe in this religion but rather it also provides the set of values which are used by his project.
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It seems sqlite changed their CoC and adopted the Mozilla Community Participation Guidelines. mozilla.org/en-US/about/go.
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The initial CoC stated "Everyone is free to use the SQLite source code, object code, and/or documentation regardless of their opinion of and adherence to this rule. SQLite has been and continues to be completely free to everyone, without precondition.".
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