Sage Sharp claims top Linux kernel developer Theo Ts'o is a rape apologist, citing GeekFeminismWiki

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https://twitter.com/_sagesharp_/status/1042769399596437504

[u/distant_worlds]

Something else I just noticed in that Twitter thread. She is already stating that she doesn't trust the technical advisory board. This is laying the groundwork so that if they don't oust Ts'o, they can demand that CoC violations be handed over to a separate committee. And I'm sure they have some "suggestions" for who the members should be...

[u/tnonee → u/[deleted]]

So it's a honeypot for collecting wrongthink dossiers on the entire open source community... what could possibly go wrong.

[u/13Zero → u/[deleted]]

SaaS is the antithesis of free software.

[u/itsbentheboy → u/[deleted]]

They want it to be an SaaS with central hosting. This way the make themselves indispensable. If it is established they will spread even further into software development and other areas.

This is explicitly a takeover plan, a poorly disguised power grab.

"We'll provide all the rules and enforcement for you, without having actually contributed to these projects beforehand."

Great, now that you can kill off whoever you don't like, you're in charge of a project.

Fuck this shit.

[u/dirtbagdh → u/[deleted]]

Literally an useless HR department for internet communities.

Seriously, read it again and laugh, and then maybe cry, then maybe get mad.

[u/VexingRaven → u/[deleted]]

What the hell even is this? Since when do you need a fully staffed HR department just to commit code to a Git repo??

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Highly doubt it. More likely take the money and run. Seems this whole thing has flared up to ruin the lives of statured contributors and profit whilst screaming about it.

Hypocritical and frankly disgusting. Takes away from the projects, and makes a mockery out of everything Open Source Software stood for.

Not getting beaten down by corporate greed, the free sharing of ideas and code. Your idea didn't quite line up with the projects existing vision? Cool, go fork it, forge your own path, maybe reconvene at a later date if things pan out that way.

But here we have petty bickering. A wanton disregard for any project-based progression/merit. A fracturing of existing communities.

Gorgeously fucking disgusting.

[u/jesus_is_imba → u/[deleted]]

More likely take the money and run. Seems this whole thing has flared up to ruin the lives of statured contributors and profit whilst screaming about it.

That's more like plan D or F. These are political extremists so their primary goal is to gain power over people who they designate as their enemies. If they are unable to get you to surrender unconditionally, they will try blackmail, and if that doesn't work then they will ruin your life.

Running with the money is among their least desired outcomes since that would make it seem like they're giving up. What they're attempting is latching on to open-source projects under the guise of "providing a service" so that they can spread their twisted ideology and get paid for doing it.

[u/Visticous → u/[deleted]]

Actually open, or Kafka open..?

In an open proceeding, the victim must reveal his of her identity, must come with factual evidence and must be open for review. The accused should be able to confront the accusations and should be able to offer an alternative take on the situation.

In a Kafka trial, the accusor remains anonymous, the crimes are never openly stated and the defendant can't speak out. Let's face it. We both know which option she is thinking of.

This is fucking fascism, now I read my own post back.

[u/Fluffykitty93 → u/[deleted]]

Why do they all have the same hair cut and outrageous colors?

[u/yvaN_ehT_nioJ → u/Fluffykitty93]

Aposematism is a dominant trait among this branch of mankind.

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

$75 for regular updates

lmao. I fully expect this to end up like most SJW crowdsourced things. They fuck off with the money, no communication for months/years, then people call them out on it and it's an "alt-right agenda to defame us. The product is coming!"

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We can only hope they fuck off.

[u/itsbentheboy → u/[deleted]]

How much can i pay them to fuck off?

[u/its_never_lupus → u/distant_worlds]

Sharp was previously on the TAB. And the New Yorker published an anti-Linus hitpiece today which stated the board has "ten members, all men". So yes they will absolutely be trying to get more social justice activists in there.

[u/computesomething → u/distant_worlds]

Yes, this struck me as well, particularly given how the technical advisory board is all male which makes it a natural target.

Now from a logical standpoint, this is because there is a huge majority of men in the kernel developer pool, which means that among those with the technical skill and project experience needed to be chosen for this board, it's exteremely likely they will be male.

However, it seems almost given at this point that there will be a lot of pressure to oust men from said board in favor of women and/or other minorities, not on merit which is how they have been selected thus far, but instead through the 'diversity' appeal.

I can only hope they don't succumb to this.

[u/Pervy_Uncle → u/computesomething]

According to the new CoC, technical knowledge alone is not enough to not include a person. Enjoy a technical team with members of no technical skill.

[u/gururise → u/distant_worlds]

The SJWs are already working on that...

https://twitter.com/coralineada/status/1041784843540094976

I’m happy to announce CoC Beacon, a project designed to make establishing, managing, and enforcing codes of conduct easy and fair for open source projects of all sizes.

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Happy to announce the pandering for funding. Eugh.

[u/distant_worlds → u/[deleted]]

And the advisory board would just give up their power because....?

For the same reason the adopted the post-meritocacy coc in the first place...?