One Of LLVM's Top Contributors Quits Development Over Code of Conduct, Outreach Program (phoronix.com)

Rafael Avila de Espindola is the fifth most active contributor to LLVM with more than 4,300 commits since 2006, but now he has decided to part ways with the project. From a report: Rafael posted a rather lengthy mailing list message to fellow LLVM developers today entitled I am leaving llvm. He says the reason for abandoning LLVM development after 12 years is due to changes in the community. In particular, the "social injustice" brought on the organization's new LLVM Code of Conduct and its decision to participate in this year's Outreachy program to encourage women and other minority groups to get involved with free software development. "I am definitely sad to lose Rafael from the LLVM project, but it is critical to the long term health of the project that we preserve an inclusive community. I applaud Rafael for standing by his personal principles, this must have been a hard decision," Chris Lattner, tweeted Thursday.

Comments

All we need are healing hugs

[Anonymous Coward]

His loss is of great benefit, in the long run. Anyone who would get mad like this is unfit for software development in the modern world. LLVM needs more hugs and less time and focus spent on boring old dry compiler code.

Re:All we need are healing hugs

[psm321]

Careful, hugs may violate a code of conduct!

Re:Meet minimum standards of human behavior

[xanthos]

Obviously you are not a Linux kernel developer.

Re:Poor guy got triggered

[datavirtue]

"People should be accepted into communities based on skill."

Whoa now! That was never part of the social justice agenda. We cannot be discriminating based on skill if we are to have a just society.

Re:Thread Root on LLVM's mailing list

[BlueStrat]

If he is anti-social-justice he must be shunned anyway, this simply saves llvm from having to kick him out.

The problem I see is he could possibly join another project or be hired by some corporation and that must be prevented. Anyone who rejects the social justice movement is unfit to fill any role in a civilized society except that of prison inmate or involuntary organ donor. There is no room for patriarchal white supremacist cis-gendered Neanderthals in a civilized society.

Found the UC-Berkeley "Diversity" administrator!

Strat