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Linus just says that he doesn't want to "act professional". Remember that he may still feel that it is a hobby for him to work on Linux. He started it in his sp
by chriscool 13y ago
Linus just says that he doesn't want to "act professional".
Remember that he may still feel that it is a hobby for him to work on Linux.
He started it in his spare time and, even if he is technically payed to work on it by the Linux Foundation, he has the right to do whatever he wants with this project, including still considering it is a hobby.
Would you like someone to tell you how you should speek with your friends outside work?
By the way, people sending him patches are not his coworkers, except perhaps Greg KH. He can see them as friends or strangers or even as business people wanting to sell him stuff.
You cannot compare his situation with the situation of people who "work in reasonable office environments".
- kingkilr 13y agoUntil my current job almost all my open source work was in my volunteer free time as well. Whether his fellow contributors are coworkers, friends, or just strangers who happen to know how to program, the abuse isn't acceptable.
- chriscool 13y agoAlmost all my open source work was in my volunteer free time as well. And I try to be very polite and nice to others in my open source work as well as in my regular work and on forums. But I don't try to impose my standards, or any work place standard, upon others. Why do you think there is any abuse? If you see 2 guys in the street, one insulting the other one, how do you know there is any abuse? Couldn't they be very good friends that have been talking to each other like that since years? In this case, is there any abuse?