‘Linusgate’ over 250 Messages Leaked Code of Conduct Linus Torvalds

8 points by anonzzz 5 years ago · 2 comments

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rbecker 5 years ago

Is there a write-up of this anywhere other than techrights.org? That sites signal-to-noise ratio is abysmal.

soganess 5 years ago

Linus shat on the FSF and GPLv3 at a 2014 Q&A. The word bigot was thrown around by LT when characterizing the FSF. During the Q&A he also carted out the same tired "you have to earn respect" rag that volatile people use.
He was invited to take part by the Debian folks.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PmHRSeA2c8
After the event, there were complaints about him. What "leaked" is ~250 private messages from the Debian team members deciding if they should tell LT he is no longer welcome at Debian events.
Side A: He was prick, he broke the rules and hoped to skirt responsibility by virtue of his celebrity. We can't give him a pass. Favoritism bad.
Side B: We invited him to an fully open Q&A knowing that he would speak his mind. Are we really going censure him for doing what we asked him to do?