Never forget the implementation of the Contributor Covenant Code of Conduct into the kernel. I was one of the vocal opponents of it when it was originally introduced into the kernel in 2018. Should have kept the Code of Conflict.
Reading the replies, now they're calling for Torvalds and FOSS in general to purge anyone who doesn't align with their politics. How long before your OS stops booting because you said bad words, communicated via a naughty social network or have wrongful political ideas?
Always possible but you will need to go back before the Code of Conduct was implemented as every contribution thereafter has to adhere to it and by design, agree to a certain political line.
What happened to the concept of meritocracy without any political interference that we used to have with the kernel?
Never forget the implementation of the Contributor Covenant Code of Conduct into the kernel. I was one of the vocal opponents of it when it was originally introduced into the kernel in 2018. Should have kept the Code of Conflict.
Reading the replies, now they're calling for Torvalds and FOSS in general to purge anyone who doesn't align with their politics. How long before your OS stops booting because you said bad words, communicated via a naughty social network or have wrongful political ideas?
Would it be possible to fork the kernel?
Yes it's free and open source, been done many times. He literally has no power.
Always possible but you will need to go back before the Code of Conduct was implemented as every contribution thereafter has to adhere to it and by design, agree to a certain political line.
What happened to the concept of meritocracy without any political interference that we used to have with the kernel?
All we would have to do is block him from stealing our code.
You can't "block someone from stealing your code" under the GPL, nigga.
Wonder how long before they purge him?