> it’s definitely not forcing people to accept it Wait, you mean you've worked on projects where you've achieved unanimous agreement on any large technical dec

> it’s definitely not forcing people to accept it Wait, you mean you've worked on projects where you've achieved unanimous agreement on any large technical decision, ever? No, sometimes people need to be forced to accept change. The whole "disagree and commit" thing. Humans are strange creatures; we often resist change for the sake of resisting change, regardless of whether or not the change is good for us. When it comes to the Linux kernel, what Torvalds says is law. He certainly isn't going to go against what many/most of his trusted maintainers want, but ultimately he's going to decide what's best for the project, based on his own reasoning, and the choices are to get on board, or find another project to work on. It wouldn't be the first time he's "forced" people to accept something that he's decided on.