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This is why Linus may want to consider toning it down or fin another way to make his point: "But 80 percent of the kernel contributors are paid by companies. S
by xradionut 13y ago
This is why Linus may want to consider toning it down or fin another way to make his point:
"But 80 percent of the kernel contributors are paid by companies. So that means that the Linux kernel really has a lot of people from corporations on there. Some of them, like Linus, are paid by nonprofits. But it’s still becoming more of a corporate environment, and a lot of corporations have codes of conduct. And those codes of conduct often say things about how you conduct yourself on public forums or social media. The code of conduct for those companies also applies to the [Linux Kernel] mailing list.
So we need to figure out how to be respectful and civil to each other in the mailing list because this is no longer a volunteer project. People are paid to work on this. This is about making a workplace more civil and more respectful."
It's not just a good ole boy OSS project anymore.
- parennoob 13y agoI do not understand this argument (Side Note: I am fully supportive of the idea of being nice, encouraging, and forgiving towards people in Open Source development). Unless The Linux Foundation (which is what pays Linus himself) states a code of conduct, and says that it will dismiss Linus unless he follows it, I don't see why he has to be respectful of, say, Intel's code of conduct. Also, what about an unpaid volunteer? Why should they respect corporate codes of conduct when they are not being paid a single cent? Two Intel engineers working on Intel's internal kernel fork may well have to do that. But the precise reason it is an Open Source project is that it is unaffected by corporate policies of any sort. This applies to "codes of conduct" just as much as it applies to "keep your [computer] code 100% private". It is still 'just' an OSS project.
- xradionut 13y agoAnd Python and other OSS conventions and projects are adopting Codes of Conduct and working through these pains. Linus might want to consider that Intel is playing the salaries of professionals that are dealing with some tough hardware driver challenges. If he feels that unpaid volunteers can commit the same level of quality while enduring four letter words, more power to him. Linux may be OSS, but pull the corporate support and see what happens over time. Corporations are currently willing to deal with these small issues of personality because they are mostly isolated from them and having Linux around is good for business.
- icebraining 13y agoThis has been true for years, though.