Dispelling Information Asymmetry | Tim Peters
This is about my (Tim Peters) 3-month ban from CPython core development, announced 7-Aug-2024. The intent is to eliminate the “information asymmetry” that usually accompanies a ban, by disclosing my interactions with PSF representatives in full. I’ve always advocated for transparency in all matters. I didn’t want an “anonymous” ban to begin with, and want no secrets (aka “privacy”) during the ban either. Sunlight is the best disinfectant.
Everyone except the person in question has incomplete knowledge of what was said; information asymmetry easily happens when conversations span multiple topics, places, and public/private spaces.
I’m “the person in question”. No secrets were kept at my request, or preference. Here’s a summary of “secret information” actions involving me before the ban. Full disclosure. It’s exhaustive, to the best of my recollection and GMail’s search abilities. I want this to be the most transparent ban possible (granting the obvious need for the CoC WG to preserve privacy for people filing complaints - but I know nothing about those anyway).
The announcement never actually says a CoC complaint was filed against me. If there was, they skipped all the steps on the CoC enforcement page that involve contacting me. The first time I saw these charges was the first you saw them: after I was already banned.
