1) People need to stop projecting shit onto Linus Torvalds or anyone else, everyone is fallible, look in the mirror.
2) If you disagree with a CoC, your choices are clear, leave and spend your time being productive elsewhere, whining without evidence isn't a very good choice.
3) You don't need to look further than gamergate, and other such malfeasance online to see that online abuse is very real. There are mods on subreddits and any small/mid size site like phoronix, who keep things in check, but when it comes to open source communities (any async communication) it's always better to have set rules everyone can follow. Everyone's comfort level around others varies highly, and saying just be "excellent" might not cut it, hence the need for a few precise ground rules. This is also why It's better to have such rules than to have none, you can always change the rules to fit community needs and set enforcement guidelines.
4) I'm pretty sure gender identity in an opensource project realistically only applies to using the correct pronouns for a person and treating them as such, and little else. If you have a problem with this, see 2) and seek additional help.
5) This CoC is a low bar tbh, it's just spelling out the obvious, so seeing any hysterical responses to it, just makes me think it's need all the more.
2) If you disagree with a CoC, your choices are clear, leave and spend your time being productive elsewhere, whining without evidence isn't a very good choice.
3) You don't need to look further than gamergate, and other such malfeasance online to see that online abuse is very real. There are mods on subreddits and any small/mid size site like phoronix, who keep things in check, but when it comes to open source communities (any async communication) it's always better to have set rules everyone can follow. Everyone's comfort level around others varies highly, and saying just be "excellent" might not cut it, hence the need for a few precise ground rules. This is also why It's better to have such rules than to have none, you can always change the rules to fit community needs and set enforcement guidelines.
4) I'm pretty sure gender identity in an opensource project realistically only applies to using the correct pronouns for a person and treating them as such, and little else. If you have a problem with this, see 2) and seek additional help.
5) This CoC is a low bar tbh, it's just spelling out the obvious, so seeing any hysterical responses to it, just makes me think it's need all the more.
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