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Linus, Greg and Coraline

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Linus, Greg and Coraline

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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

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

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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.
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#6 Post by Head_on_a_Stick »

debiman wrote: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?
debiman wrote: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...
debiman wrote: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.
debiman wrote:and so much on the topic on reddit
Yes, reddit does seem to attract uninformed, opinionated idiots like crap attracts flies... :roll:
debiman wrote: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):
RMS wrote: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.
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