On Mon, Sep 24, 2018 at 6:34 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. >
Actually, social justice politics didn't seem to have anything to do with the CoC adoption. It was more of Linus taking a backseat (due to how he self-assessed his vacation behavior) and pretty soon after, they adopted CoC, most likely as some kind of "standardization" Barely a week has passed since the CoC though, and already there are political manuevers to oust high-profile kernel devs to the point that some contributors have started talks on exercising their copyright privileges and withholding their code. Which they have a right to do, by the way, if they feel the foundation has betrayed them. So as esr has put it: > First, let me confirm that this threat has teeth. I researched the relevant > law > when I was founding the Open Source Initiative. In the U.S. there is case law > confirming that reputational losses relating to conversion of the rights of a > contributor to a GPLed project are judicable in law. I do not know the case > law > outside the U.S., but in countries observing the Berne Convention without the > U.S.’s opt-out of the “moral rights” clause, that clause probably gives the > objectors an even stronger case. (http://esr.ibiblio.org/?p=8139) This is not a little online trollfest that only affects kernel devs. This can affect literally everything. Biblical proportions, dogs and cats living together, etc. -- This email is: [ ] actionable [x] fyi [x] social Response needed: [ ] yes [ ] up to you [x] no Time-sensitive: [ ] immediate [ ] soon [x] none
