From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751202AbaCXCk0 (ORCPT ); Sun, 23 Mar 2014 22:40:26 -0400 Received: from mga11.intel.com ([192.55.52.93]:41374 "EHLO mga11.intel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750881AbaCXCkY (ORCPT ); Sun, 23 Mar 2014 22:40:24 -0400 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.97,717,1389772800"; d="scan'208";a="505145177" Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2014 19:40:23 -0700 From: Sarah Sharp To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] #CleanUp non-gender-neutral README Message-ID: <20140324024023.GA13417@xanatos> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/c-plus-equality-c Don't feed the trolls. > From: Feminist-Software-Foundation > > > This patch started as an effort inspired by EthicalCode's #CleanUpGitHub > project to find and replace > either hateful, hurtful or discriminatory text in GitHub repositories. > The Linux kernel, being the de facto crown jewel of FOSS, deserves > better than to conform to non-gender-neutral pronouns and articles in > its README. This patch rectifies that. > > We are the Feminist Software Foundation. We are the inventor of C+=, > world's first feminist programming language > ). As > our latest effort, we are lending our help to a very popular feminist > phenomenon in the programming scene: purging popular FOSS repositories > of their Patriarchal influences. > > As reported by several developers, Linux's kernel development does not > follow the activities on GitHub. Whereby, we are submitting this patch > to the LKML in hope that this will garner a more professional response, > in contrast to the blatant sexism and booing that this patch has > received from the GitHub brogrammer community. > > Singed-off-by: Feminist-Software-Foundation > > --- > --- README.orig 2014-03-24 00:28:33.506830489 +0000 > +++ README 2014-03-24 00:27:37.754554028 +0000 > @@ -1,64 +1,64 @@ > Linux kernel release 3.x > > -These are the release notes for Linux version 3. Read them carefully, > -as they tell you what this is all about, explain how to install the > +These are xhe release notes for Linux version 3. Read xhem carefully, > +as xhey tell you what this is all about, explain how to install xhe > kernel, and what to do if something goes wrong. > > WHAT IS LINUX? > > - Linux is a clone of the operating system Unix, written from scratch > by > + Linux is a clone of xhe operating system Unix, written from scratch > by