Re: What do you think of Tolvalds words about FOSS needing more people good at mediating instead of calming tone and attitude?

On Wed, Jan 21, 2015 at 11:55:23PM +0100, Amaya wrote: > Miriam Ruiz wrote: > > "Torvalds said that the open source movement might simply need more > > "people who are good at mediating," as opposed to asking developers to > > calm their own tone or attitude." > > Meadiating in conflict is good, b

Re: What do you think of Tolvalds words about FOSS needing more people good at mediating instead of calming tone and attitude?

Miriam Ruiz wrote: > "Torvalds said that the open source movement might simply need more > "people who are good at mediating," as opposed to asking developers to > calm their own tone or attitude." Meadiating in conflict is good, but it also helps if the tone is kept respectful to begin with. And

What do you think of Tolvalds words about FOSS needing more people good at mediating instead of calming tone and attitude?

Hi, I just happened to find this interview to Torvalds [1], after what happened in his keynote speech at the Linux.conf.au Conference in Auckland, New Zealand [2]. He doesn't really say too much that we don't already know, but I wanted to quote the last sentence in the article and ask what other p