Code, conflict, and conduct

Posted Sep 19, 2018 22:28 UTC (Wed) by HenrikH (subscriber, #31152)
In reply to: Code, conflict, and conduct by corbet
Parent article: Code, conflict, and conduct

Actually yes that appears to be the conspiracy theory that the alt-right/anti-sjw people are currently throwing around at Slashdot and Phoronix, that Linus was forced out by the powers that be in order to inforce full on SJW takeover. Just shows how little they know about Linus I guess, but then there are a wide audience that do not know him so the conspiracy can perhaps get a foothold...

Code, conflict, and conduct

Posted Sep 21, 2018 18:24 UTC (Fri) by Tara_Li (guest, #26706) [Link] (1 responses)

Actually, the theory I heard floated was that it was less a specifically SJW take-over, though some might see that as a bonus, and more an opportunity to get Linus out of the way, whether temporarily or permanently, so that a stable binary interface might be put in place to allow Intel and others to side-step the GPL and lock down machines even more thoroughly than they are. However, Linus *does* personally own the Linux trademark, so that might affect things.

Code, conflict, and conduct

Posted Sep 21, 2018 19:43 UTC (Fri) by HenrikH (subscriber, #31152) [Link]

Wow and here I thought that the ones I have heard was crazy. The Internet forums is indeed filled with crazy these days.