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Linux Community To Adopt New Code of Conduct (kernel.org)

Posted by msmash on from the times,-they-are-changin' dept.

Following Linus Torvalds' public apology for his behavior over the years, the Linux Community said it will be adopting a new "Code of Conduct", which pledges to make "participation in our project and our community a harassment-free experience for everyone, regardless of age, body size, disability, ethnicity, sex characteristics, gender identity and expression, level of experience, education, socio-economic status, nationality, personal appearance, race, religion, or sexual identity and orientation."

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  1. Re:Can't be examined in isolation by AmiMoJo · · Score: 1, Troll

    To be clear though the Code of Conduct doesn't say any of that, or even hint at it. And the text from the Contributor Covenant that you quoted isn't actually from the Covenant itself, it's from the preamble on the web page that introduces it.

    So I think your "context" here is just fear-mongering. Can you point to anything you find problematic in the actual Code of Conduct?

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    const int one = 65536; (Silvermoon, Texture.cs)
    SJW, n: "Someone I don't like, and by the way I'm a fuckwit" - AC
  2. WTF is wrong with this? by Gonoff · · Score: 0, Troll

    I have a major lack of understanding of what is wrong with Social Justice or what is wrong with anyone who pushes it as an idea.. Obviously, I am not from the USA but as someone who has worked in IT for a long time, is slightly dyslexic, really good at sums and went to a "nice" private school presumably I should be as horrified as some people here that we are being encouraged to treat other people decently.

    Social justice is a good idea. Being a warrior for it sounds good but I am probably not threatening enough. Anyone else who wants to is fine by me but I am not a sociopath.

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    I'll see your Constitution and raise you a Queen.
  3. Re: fun game out of context, totally apropos: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    And here you go, proving right off the bat that Progressives are total hypocrites.

  4. Re: Oh thank god by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Republicans on average donate 33% more to charitable causes than Democrats.

    Your assertion about "the right" is demonstrably false. Democrats hate poor people more.

    Highly doubtful. It turns out conservatives only give more because they give to their church, not because they have any greater love for the poor.

    https://www.huffingtonpost.com/james-peron/conservatives-charitable-giving_b_1835201.html