This morning, on the way to work, I was listening to a Podcast featuring Jeff Waugh of Gnome & Ubuntu Linux fame talk about Ubuntu Linux. An excellent podcast covering the rationale behind the Linux for Human beings and how things are run at Ubuntu
The most important thing that struck me real hard was the ‘Ubuntu Code of Conduct’. Quoting from the Ubuntu Code of Conduct page :
We chose the name Ubuntu for this distribution because we think it captures perfectly the spirit of sharing and cooperation that is at the heart of the open source movement. In the Free Software world, we collaborate freely on a volunteer basis to build software for everyone’s benefit. We improve on the work of others, which we have been given freely, and then share our improvements on the same basis
The actual code of conduct is made up of 6 principles:
It is stated that this code of conduct helps the Ubuntu hackers communicate and collaborate as then make path-breaking moves in making a Linux distro that is cool, neat and just works (always)
As I read it, I felt that this has far reaching implications not just for Ubuntu & the Open Source Software world, but life in general (& more specifically work life). Personally, I would try & follow these principles in letter & in spirit in my daily life, not for any other reason, but simply because it makes a lot of sense to me
On another note, we at eBay follow 4 principles which we call ‘The eBay Behaviors’
To me, the Ubuntu Code of Conduct embodies everything that ‘Keep it Human’ stands for
Shocking is my word for it. Juan Roman Riquelme was certainly one of the key players in the Argentine world cup team and at 28 had a long & illustrious career ahead of him. I love the way he slows down the game and takes his own sweet time to choose whom to pass to
Hope his mother recovers and he gets back to the game. The sport sure does need him
ESPNsoccernet – Global – Riquelme retires from international football
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