Linus, Greg and Coraline

[debiman]

1) Linus posted this message saying he wants to change is swearing habits:
https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/9/16/167
2) at around the same time, greg kroah-hartman added this code of conduct to the linux kernel documentation:
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/ke ... onduct.rst
3) ...which is originally written by Coraline Ehmke and has been adopted & adapted by many FOSS projects:
https://www.contributor-covenant.org/ve ... nduct.html

i do not know if there's a causality between 1) and 2) in either direction.

i do not know to what extent political correctness and social justice warrioring are a topic with Linus & other kernel devs.

but the discussions are going wild, partly because they always do, partly because SJW etc., but also because this Coraline person surely knows how to kick up a shitstorm. I just spent a long afternoon browsing reddit and following links - it's appalling:
https://mobile.twitter.com/CoralineAda/ ... 9746643968
https://github.com/opal/opal/issues/941

and so much on the topic on reddit:
https://www.reddit.com/r/linuxmasterrac ... al/?t=week
https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/controversial/?t=week

[golinux]

You're late to the party . . . er coup . . .

[Hallvor]

[debiman]

late, but not too late.
this topic is nowhere near conclusion.
i found a good summary of the latest bits here:
https://lulz.com/linux-devs-threaten-ki ... ersy-1252/

[Hallvor]

What a shitstorm. Why can't they just do their work and leave politics out of this? I guess the developers are too white, too straight and too male for some left wing racist and misandristic lunatics.

[Head_on_a_Stick]

i do not know if there's a causality between 1) and 2) in either direction

One would think so, if an organisation adopts a code of conduct then it must be strictly applied to those in charge, wouldn't you agree?

political correctness and social justice warrioring

I strongly object to the use of those terms — they were created and promulgated by the alt-right scum, are you affiliated with that shower of fuckwits? I think we should know...

it's appalling

I'm sorry, I don't follow

What is it that you find appalling, exactly?

And what, exactly, is wrong with the code of conduct?

I've just added it to my configs repository in a show of solidarity with all those fighting the good fight for the marginalised in our society.

and so much on the topic on reddit

Yes, reddit does seem to attract uninformed, opinionated idiots like shit attracts flies...

i found a good summary of the latest bits here:

**** me, what a pathetic, click-bait article — the author even has the gall to quote RMS denying the veracity of the headline of the article (emphasis mine):

The developers of Linux, or any free program, can remove any and all
code, at any time, without giving a reason. However, this doesn't
force others to delete that code from their own versins of the program.

@moderators: please lock this thread, it is inherently political.