> These sorts of terms are impossible to define As described in the article by a CoC critic, it used to be: "only whether their code was good" Not exactly a

> These sorts of terms are impossible to define As described in the article by a CoC critic, it used to be: "only whether their code was good" Not exactly a shining example of clearly defined, objective, universal judgement. Of course, back then it could really "if Linus thinks their code is good", which is a lot more clear. But that time has passed. The CoC tries to address the problem where people ARE in fact being excluded or lost by the Linux community, in less visible and obvious ways than a straight ban, for reasons equally less visible and obvious, but no less real. You may or may not believe that this happens, that this is a problem, that the CoC helps or doesn't help with this problem, and even that the net effect of the CoC is positive or negative.