On Mon, Sep 24, 2018 at 12:33 PM, Nikos Chantziaras <rea...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 24/09/2018 13:11, R0b0t1 wrote: >> >> On Mon, Sep 24, 2018 at 11:01 AM, Nikos Chantziaras <rea...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >>> >>> >>> To me it looks like youtubers and some sites trying to make money through >>> clickbait? >>> >> >> If you had not heard of it elsewhere the Linux code of conduct was >> amended. It makes the CoC similar to those of other projects where >> there are a number of (usually nontechnical) contributors who identify >> as a champion of social justice. >> [...] > > Well, if kernel developers are fine with that, then I don't see how that's > relevant to anyone who isn't a kernel dev. If they want to adopt social > justice politics, that's really their prerogative. > >
I suspect why he posted it is at least a few developers do not want this to happen. Other large projects have had similar turmoil, but there is usually no remedy if you disagree. E.g. Django(?) had a large patch committed that changed the names of master/slave to something else as the terms were considered abusive by what looks to be a minority.
