2016-10-21, 10:22
(2016-10-21, 10:18)bilgepump Wrote:(2016-10-21, 10:02)Ned Scott Wrote: and it was never brought up to him to correct.But why would it? He'd taken his content to host elsewhere. He alone is responsible for it. Who's supposed to be checking on him and trying to get him to do something he should never have done in the first place? Rules must be black and white or you have liability issues. Allowing anything "pending explanation" is allowing it. When it's unacceptable, it is unacceptable. There's no room for "near enough". There is no room for acquiescence, especially in relation to something not in the official repository. Why would the team have to devote any time to checking and getting third party content outside the site to be "corrected". It's entirely up to the author to figure out what's required, and then do it.
(BTW, I really can't believe that a long term member and developer could be ignorant of something that a new user is aware of after a short membership.)
I don't think you understand what I'm saying. If this was discovered in a "peaceful" time, and he just had it in his repo, then I think the correct course of action would be to have disabled his posts or links somehow (temp deleting or whatever) and then bring it to his attention. If it can be resolved and is seen as an honest mistake, then restore threads and allow him to talk about the add-ons again. Banning the user himself does nothing to correct the situation. If anything, it makes it worse, because he could still be out there and with no reason to listen to the people from the Kodi project. Why would he after the way he was treated? Yet there are still thousands of users who might be using those add-ons.
This is not some grave sin, but it is a major concern. It's not something you ban people for on sight. If that was done then we probably wouldn't have any add-on developers left. What is it that you think he did here? Raped someone?