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transhumancom wrote

I think this is a good and necessary step forward for Linux in general. The combative, aggressive nature of the code of conflict absolutely filtered down and I don't think it's a stretch to say that Linux communities are not...the friendliest (unless that's my own experience speaking).

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Trashman OP wrote

As someone in some other comments section said "Being respectful isn't going to stop Linus from being able to decide the quality of code"

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edmund_the_destroyer wrote

As a not-quite-rabid Linux fan, I'm saddened by the rudeness in many Linux communities.

I've read Linus' justification for rudeness on the Linux mailing list - he's almost always dealing with long time colleagues and isn't just insulting novices or random strangers. Even if I agreed with that, his example isn't followed - the larger community takes his example meaning that you can tell anyone to go $(&$%$ their $(%&$(% for any reason or no reason whatsoever.

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