What you say makes a lot of sense. In another comment on this, I mentioned that the leaders of the open source world seem to be famously aggressive, prickly, an

What you say makes a lot of sense. In another comment on this, I mentioned that the leaders of the open source world seem to be famously aggressive, prickly, and concerned only with the truth, not with feelings or being polite [1]. Changing the culture to something "kind", if that is what the community truly wants, will take more than a few donated repos. It will be interesting to see the impact it happens. [1] One of many examples http://www.muktware.com/3703/linus-torvalds-nvidia-fuck-you http://www.muktware.com/3703/linus-torvalds-nvidia-fuck-you