I'm pretty sure Sarah has confronted Linus over this exact issue in the past, and he was pretty adamant that it would not change: http://arstechnica.com/inform

I'm pretty sure Sarah has confronted Linus over this exact issue in the past, and he was pretty adamant that it would not change: http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/07/linus-torvalds-defends-his-right-to-shame-linux-kernel-developers/ http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/07/linus-... So, there you go. This is what happens, and what will continue to happen, when the leader defends that kind of behavior.