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I am tangentially aware of the blow ups the Linus delivered, having read stuff here, but am curious, and an honest question, where the blowups based on what the
by mbfg 8y ago
I am tangentially aware of the blow ups the Linus delivered, having read stuff here, but am curious, and an honest question, where the blowups based on what the code of conduct covers?
" age, body size, disability, ethnicity, sex characteristics, gender identity and expression, level of experience, education, socio-economic status, nationality, personal appearance, race, religion, or sexual identity and orientation."
My impression was he would call people idiots, in as many ways as possible, and such, but was not aware that these code of conduct identified groups were used.
- tomcooks 8y agoThe "Level of experience" bit is a favorite of the Coraline monster that pushed for this COC. Technology is ableist by default (from "techne", skill), and should be kept esoteric until problems get fixed by competent people (instead of this essoteric nonsense that dumbs things down in the hope of including everyone, namely people that cannot program nor intend to). There, I said it.
- P_I_Staker 8y agoAbuse is always wrong and Linus was abusive. Some of his stuff was way over the line. You left the first part of the quote out of the comment: > pledge to making participation in our project and our community a harassment-free experience for everyone Just because you and your buddies are okay with talking like that doesn't make it acceptable. People do actually get hurt by this stuff, and the minute you do that you're victimizing someone.
- robdachshund 8y agoPeople victimize themselves.
- wmil 8y agoThe Code of Conduct is just standard social justice activist jargon. It wasn't written for linux. It's not based on specific incidents.