Personally, I have more respect for BDFL's who can represent their community positively. Linus doesn't seem to care, so it's not like my opinion will change an

Personally, I have more respect for BDFL's who can represent their community positively. Linus doesn't seem to care, so it's not like my opinion will change anything, and it shouldn't... Nobody should tell him what to do. He's an adult and should find a happy medium on his own that doesn't alienate his invested developers. Brendan Eich (JavaScript author), on the other hand, really disappointed me once on HackerNews and I called him out on it here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3097137 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3097137 I appreciated his response and wish more leaders acted humbly like this. Just my thoughts.