From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_PASS,URIBL_BLOCKED autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1F649ECE562 for ; Mon, 17 Sep 2018 07:04:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B2B06214C4 for ; Mon, 17 Sep 2018 07:04:12 +0000 (UTC) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org B2B06214C4 Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=wowana.me Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1728081AbeIQMaN convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Mon, 17 Sep 2018 08:30:13 -0400 Received: from mx1.volatile.bz ([185.163.46.138]:33824 "EHLO mx1.volatile.bz" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726742AbeIQMaN (ORCPT ); Mon, 17 Sep 2018 08:30:13 -0400 X-Greylist: delayed 404 seconds by postgrey-1.27 at vger.kernel.org; Mon, 17 Sep 2018 08:30:12 EDT Received: from clamav.local (unknown [172.22.1.2]) by mx1.volatile.bz (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 06C914CD; Mon, 17 Sep 2018 06:57:23 +0000 (UTC) Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2018 06:57:12 +0000 From: opal hart To: torvalds@linux-foundation.org Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Linux 4.19-rc4 released, an apology, and a maintainership note Message-ID: <20180917065712.45d321f9@clamav.local> Organization: Volatile X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.17.1 (GTK+ 2.24.31; x86_64-alpine-linux-musl) In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org The new kernel rc release is good news as always. The rest of this? not so much. "I can’t wait for the mass exodus from Linux now that it’s been infiltrated by SJWs. Hahahah" -- @CoralineAda on Twitter [1][2] You really want people like this attempting to sabotage FOSS projects? I for one am not discontinuing usage of Linux over any political BS, and I believe it is foolish for anyone to leave any software project over politics, but that does not mean I welcome political agendas in software development. Your old Code of Conflict was perfect and succinct. If someone cannot use their head to figure out what is right or wrong to say in a mailing list or a commit message, that person is unfit for contributing to software in general. This doesn't need to be spelled out for anyone. We didn't need to explicitly bar discriminatory speech from software discussion, because software discussion was never the place to have discrimination against people -- it only allows for discrimination against shitty code. You, Linus, have never attacked anyone from what I have seen; you have only attacked poorly-decided actions, which is perfectly justified. People who really want to contribute to Linux dust their shoulders off, take your criticism, and figure out how to re-approach you depending on what they did that was not to your taste. Anyone who shies away from criticism is IMO unfit to contribute in the first place. I mean, yes, there are ways to get your criticisms across in a more "constructive" tone, but this does not call for any code of conduct. Maybe you do need to take time to figure out how you want to approach the community, but don't take it that you *have* to do anything. You don't have to do a thing. People will still use Linux regardless. People who care about Linux will continue to contribute to it, because they do not take your words personally (nor should they). This Code of Conduct trend is nothing but a concern-trolling campaign that people carry out in order to gain control over projects, organisations, and communities. Everyone is best off if we do not give these people the control they desire. Take their demands with a grain of salt: they suggest a boilerplate Code of Conduct, you decide which parts from which Linux can benefit, if any. [1] https://twitter.com/CoralineAda/status/1041441155874009093 [2] http://archive.is/1iGmk This is just another two cents from a fellow faceless transgender woman on the Internet, yours truly, -- wowaname Please use detailed subject lines and reply below quoted text whenever possible.