On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 8:59 PM, private musings <thepmaccount(a)gmail.com>wrote;wrote:
Hi all,
Just wondering what folk think about the WMF heading towards compliance
with
things like this;
http://www.gsmeurope.org/documents/eu_codes/fsm_code_en.pdf
This is a german code of conduct - but there are many more (I've also
spoken
with these chaps =-
http://www.iia.net.au/ - and I got the feeling that
they'd very much like to engage with both communities, and the foundation
as
the 'service provider')
My interest stems from discussing sexual content on wikimedia foundation
projects, but obviously engagement with such external bodies / codes of
practice etc. is far from limited to that sphere,
best,
Peter,
PM.
The sexual content issue aside, that code prohibits, among other things:
Propaganda and other material issued by anti-constitutional organisations,
as defined in § 86 of the German Criminal Code, § 86 a of the same code, and
§ 4, sect.1, subsections 1 and 2 of the Interstate Treaty on the Protection
of Minors in the Media
Portrayals of violence, as defined in § 131 of the German Criminal Code, and
§ 4, sect. 1, subsection 5 of the Interstate Treaty on the Protection of
Minors in the Media
Affronts to human dignity, as defined in § 4, section. 1, subsection 8 of
the Interstate Treaty on the Protection of Minors in the Media
This doesn't seem consistent with our goals and principles.