Thread: Linus Torvalds temporarily stepped down from the Linux kernel, and the Linux Foundation Technical Advisory Board pushed a new Code of Conduct. Can we trust them to change? I don't believe we can unless they publish transparency reports: https://otter.technology/blog/2018/09/20/linux-kernel-hastily-adopts-standard-code-of-conduct/ …
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Recently, Linus Torvalds announced he was taking a temporary leave of absence to "take a break to get help on how to behave differently". Turns out it was in response to a reporter's questions about this article on the verbal abuse and sexism in Linux:https://www.newyorker.com/science/elements/after-years-of-abusive-e-mails-the-creator-of-linux-steps-aside …
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The Linux Foundation and Linus was contacted for comments, which allowed them time to put a really great PR spin on the article. Linus announced he was stepping down temporarily, and handed control over to Greg Kroah-Hartman: https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/9/16/167 …
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The Linux Foundation Technical Advisory Board pushed through a hasty commit to change their "Code of Conflict" over to the standard Contributor's Covenant: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=8a104f8b5867c682d994ffa7a74093c54469c11f …
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Don't trust the Linux Foundation to do the right thing. They have their own code of conduct, which Linus has never been required to follow. They are his employer, and have completely failed to uphold their responsibilities as an employer.
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