Monday, September 24th 2018
Linux Community Hit by the Blight of Social Justice Warfare, A Great Purge is Coming
Through the 1990s, Microsoft had become a super-corporation threatening to monopolize all of computing. A band of talented developers got together with lawyers that could fish out loopholes in proprietary licenses, and with some generosity from big software, Linux grew from a scrappy Unix-like OS kernel to the preeminent operating system for enterprises at first, and handheld consumer electronics later. Today it's most popular operating system on the planet. Like every big organization, the Linux Foundation is hit by employee-activism.
Employee-activism is the new unionism. Whereas trade-unions of the old fought for tangible bread-and-butter issues affecting blue-collar folk of the early Industrial era, today's employee-activist is an intellectual predator seeking to maximize their organizational footprint on the backs of other people echoing their political ideas, often through blatant insubordination and disregard for the chain of command. Survival of the fittest has changed to "survival of the loudest." From forcing Linus Torvalds to apologize for speaking his mind in public, to coming up with a new Code of Conduct document, social-justice activism within the Linux Foundation threatens to devolve the culture of meritocracy to a toxic "safe space" prioritizing inclusion of identity rather than skill, as HardOCP comments. A major blow-back from the meritocrats is taking shape.
In a major revision to the license, software developers contributing to the Linux kernel source-code will soon be able to withdraw their contribution, if they are ever cornered by the rest of the community over perceived code-of-conduct violation (i.e. not pandering to identity politics or speaking their minds like Torvalds does). This is big, as many of the older generations of contributors who have made critical contributions without with Linux cannot function, now have a legal recourse, and could reduce the amount of political activism within the community.
Since 2015, identity politicians have been trying to force the Linux Foundation to join the Contributor Covenant, a special Code-of-Conduct agreement that seeks to change the "the predominantly white, straight, and male face of programming." On September 16, the Foundation agreed to implement CC Code of Conduct. Shortly following that, groups of pro-CC developers went on a character-assassination spree of top Linux developers by amplifying and often distorting, their political views (which are irrelevant to the task of programming).
Sources:
Lulz, HardOCP
Employee-activism is the new unionism. Whereas trade-unions of the old fought for tangible bread-and-butter issues affecting blue-collar folk of the early Industrial era, today's employee-activist is an intellectual predator seeking to maximize their organizational footprint on the backs of other people echoing their political ideas, often through blatant insubordination and disregard for the chain of command. Survival of the fittest has changed to "survival of the loudest." From forcing Linus Torvalds to apologize for speaking his mind in public, to coming up with a new Code of Conduct document, social-justice activism within the Linux Foundation threatens to devolve the culture of meritocracy to a toxic "safe space" prioritizing inclusion of identity rather than skill, as HardOCP comments. A major blow-back from the meritocrats is taking shape.
In a major revision to the license, software developers contributing to the Linux kernel source-code will soon be able to withdraw their contribution, if they are ever cornered by the rest of the community over perceived code-of-conduct violation (i.e. not pandering to identity politics or speaking their minds like Torvalds does). This is big, as many of the older generations of contributors who have made critical contributions without with Linux cannot function, now have a legal recourse, and could reduce the amount of political activism within the community.
Since 2015, identity politicians have been trying to force the Linux Foundation to join the Contributor Covenant, a special Code-of-Conduct agreement that seeks to change the "the predominantly white, straight, and male face of programming." On September 16, the Foundation agreed to implement CC Code of Conduct. Shortly following that, groups of pro-CC developers went on a character-assassination spree of top Linux developers by amplifying and often distorting, their political views (which are irrelevant to the task of programming).
653 Comments on Linux Community Hit by the Blight of Social Justice Warfare, A Great Purge is Coming
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Speaking of which, I have my doubts that any Chinese or Japanese distros will comply with the CoC.
But I could see China fork the kernel as a whole as well. Linus was one of the only people preventing the NSA having a say in his OS.
edit: P.S. Now that Linus is out of the way, if you think a bunch of purple haired agitators are the only ones trying to grab power, then I have a bridge to sell you.
Maybe they did it to themselves. Why work at making your home better if you can get together and decide to take someone else's.... I guess socialisim does work.
Shithole countries do exist, and all countries have shithole areas.
My 2 cents is: learn to code beautifully or GTFO. I don’t give a flying wet **** about what you declare yourself to be. World does not run on feelings.
I'm drawing a blank on any others.
That people even can be so cynical and have visions of dystopia tells me they are the ones with the problem. Especially when dealing with eggheads who don't care about much except a subset of a subset of an arcane operating system. What is it about the guy writing "e2fsprogs" that somehow reeks of the "white patriarchy"?
Btw sure Sweden has experience of Extradition of the Balts like in 1946, I am waiting for it. Seriously, you got hooked like a champ.
The whole SJW thing is just a fad. It's the modern equivalent of being a hippy. And just like the dipshit hippies, the dipshit SJWs aren't going to change the world either. At least not in the radical manner they intend to. The weeds will get pulled from their garden of ideals. And what's left will gradually be accepted, if it's worthwhile. Which is fine with me. It's the outright idiocy ideals, and flat out stupidity, that I personally have a problem with. And the lies, and fake claims of oppression, that isn't really happening. It's just a play for power. Exactly the opposite of what it's stated to be. They don't really strive for a middle ground of acceptance. It's an attempt at total domination. They don't really want to coexist. They want to rule uncontested. Which is fucking stupid. And IS NOT going to happen. They need to wise up and stop trying. We're not all like them. And we're not all going to be like them. Ever. End of story.How about you just stop making shit up. Please. It's getting very old. Very fast. Stop playing the victim and get on with your life. Accept responsibility for yourself. And stop blaming others for your problems. It's hella childish. To put it lightly...
That (gender, sexual orientation, racial, and other) discrimination and bias in the tech industry exists is an indisputable fact. Other than that, I can't think of any factual claims I've made. As I'm not a woman and don't work (or want to work) in tech, I don't quite see why any of the rest applies to me. Though I suppose I should thank you for making yourself look silly by resorting to ad hominem straw man arguments rather than addressing anything I said? It certainly doesn't help your case.You know, resorting to the language of genocide and war doesn't really make you come off as a reasonable person. Maybe tone down the rhetoric a few notches?
And I still maintain one thing, above all ~ the real war (like in GoT) isn't between the right or the left, it's between the insanely/greedily wealthy & power hungry vs the avg person whose life can change any time on the whims & fancies of the former.
As for the first, the main issue isn't that understanding is breaking down, but that for the first time in history it's easy for marginalized groups to express themselves while we've also built up a system of research and knowledge-gathering institutions who analyze our society freely rather than by the wishes or commands of those in power. From this, we suddenly have a multitude of conflicting interpretations of society and reality, and a privileged group that has thus far been the default to power (in the West: white men) who suddenly have their entire worldview fundamentally challenged by a host of opponents. When a lot of these people don't have nice, cushy lives (thanks, capitalism!) and thus don't see themselves as privileged (even though they are, just not in all ways, and it's of course possible to be both privileged and not at the same time in different fields), the "easiest" reaction is conflict and denial rather than understanding and dialogue. If everyone took a step back and attempted to listen to the experiences of others, this could be a relatively smooth transition. The problem is that some groups see the removal of privilege as an attack on them, when it's actually a leveling of the playing field.
Who has the most to gain from this? Which unlikely entity is somehow a top contributor of Linux code? Why are on they on the Linux Foundation? Who owns GitHub, where this CoC first flourished?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embrace,_extend,_and_extinguish
Microsoft once called Linux a "cancer". I think they might purposely be turning it into a cancer.. and fulfilling their own description.
Wow, didn't take long to get to "great purge" status I see... holy balls.
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I leave now.
Hard to find the earlier interviews... anything searched with linus torvalds and emotion gets the 2018 story.
Heck, even his wording this time shows you...
Linus apologized for his behavior, calling the personal attacks of the past "unprofessional and uncalled for" and announced a period of "time off" to "get some assistance on how to understand people’s emotions and respond appropriately".
He doesn't get people, and doesn't understand why they can't just handle a verbal beating. That's why he accepted the CoC... people he trusted told him to... doesn't mean he agrees or understands it.
lwn.net/Articles/765087/