Eric S. Raymond explined the conflict well [1]...in summary: "Every group of cooperating humans has a telos, a mutually understood purpose towards which they a

Eric S. Raymond explined the conflict well [1]...in summary: "Every group of cooperating humans has a telos, a mutually understood purpose towards which they are working (or playing). Again, this purpose may be unwritten and is not necessarily even conscious. But one thing is always true: the ethos derives from the telos, not the other way around. The goal precedes the instrument." "It is normal for the group ethos to evolve. It will get pulled in one direction or another as the goals of individuals and coalitions inside the group shift. In a well-functioning group the ethos tends to evolve to reward behaviors that achieve the telos more efficiently, and punish behaviors that retard progess towards it." "What we have now is a situation in which a subgroup within the Linux kernel's subculture threatens destructive revolt because not only do they think the slider been pushed too high in a normative direction, but because they think the CoC is an attempt to change the group's telos." [1] http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1809.2/06864.html http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1809.2/06864.html