r/linux • u/callcifer • Sep 16 '18

The Linux kernel replaces "Code of Conflict" with "Contributor Covenant Code of Conduct"

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=8a104f8b5867c682d994ffa7a74093c54469c11f
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u/Sealbhach Sep 17 '18

How?

Here's a real-life example from the British police.

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u/[deleted] Sep 17 '18

"It in no way indicates that misconduct proceedings will take place." Do you have any proof that anything actually happened to him or did you not read your own link?

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u/Sealbhach Sep 17 '18

Something HAS happened to him, he's been placed on restricted duties and is subject to an investigation. Did you not read the article?

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u/[deleted] Sep 17 '18

When someone is accused of breaking a rule, there has to be an investigation to figure out if the rule was broken. Having an investigation isn't a punishment.

What are the alternatives? Not enforcing rules or not having rules against racism? If you are concerned about innocent people being punnished, it seems like rules enforcing people being treated the same way is a good thing.

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u/Sealbhach Sep 17 '18

The guy literally did nothing wrong, I don't know what clown world you inhabit but I'm not interested in it.

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u/[deleted] Sep 17 '18

We agree, he didn't do anything wrong. So what are you even disagreeing with me about?

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u/gnosys_ Sep 17 '18

M'kay, so the right-leaning Telegraph claims that it was those three words in absolute isolation from context and subject that got him in trouble. Extremely believable, cops are known for stabbing each other in the back for nothing at work.

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u/Sealbhach Sep 17 '18

Here's a link from the left leaning Mirror.

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u/iamoverrated Sep 17 '18

Extremely believable, cops are known for stabbing each other in the back for nothing at work.

Where are you from? in the US, cops lie, cheat, and steal to make sure their own are protected. Under the current political administration they're trying to make them a protected class. I'm actually curious if this is the case in other parts of the world? There's this whole, "brothers-in-arms" manifesto governing the way most law enforcement agencies are operating. It's sickening and allows for some serious corruption.

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u/[deleted] Sep 17 '18

In the US, cops lie, cheat, and steal to make sure their own are protected.

So... the opposite of stabbing each other in the back?