<story><title>Linux developers threaten to pull “kill switch”</title><url>https://lulz.com/linux-devs-threaten-killswitch-coc-controversy-1252/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>Covzire</author><text>The alt-right, seriously?</text></item><item><author>chx</author><text>Sigh.&lt;p&gt;1. Most of Linux is written by paid contributors. They won&amp;#x27;t leave.&lt;p&gt;2. Most of those who kindle this flamewar are not Linux contributors but the alt-right. They also got involved in the Larry Garfield-Drupal affair (which was extremely poorly communicated).&lt;p&gt;3. If I may offer an explanation on why Code of Conducts are important: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;medium.com&amp;#x2F;@chx&amp;#x2F;a-note-from-an-open-source-lead-developer-who-got-banned-from-his-community-due-to-code-of-conduct-22d8f066ab9e&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;medium.com&amp;#x2F;@chx&amp;#x2F;a-note-from-an-open-source-lead-deve...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>codemac</author><text>FTA:&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; unconditionedwitness@redchan&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;m not sure what I define redchan as, but alt-right isn&amp;#x27;t a crazy description to me.</text></comment>
<story><title>Linux developers threaten to pull “kill switch”</title><url>https://lulz.com/linux-devs-threaten-killswitch-coc-controversy-1252/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>Covzire</author><text>The alt-right, seriously?</text></item><item><author>chx</author><text>Sigh.&lt;p&gt;1. Most of Linux is written by paid contributors. They won&amp;#x27;t leave.&lt;p&gt;2. Most of those who kindle this flamewar are not Linux contributors but the alt-right. They also got involved in the Larry Garfield-Drupal affair (which was extremely poorly communicated).&lt;p&gt;3. If I may offer an explanation on why Code of Conducts are important: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;medium.com&amp;#x2F;@chx&amp;#x2F;a-note-from-an-open-source-lead-developer-who-got-banned-from-his-community-due-to-code-of-conduct-22d8f066ab9e&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;medium.com&amp;#x2F;@chx&amp;#x2F;a-note-from-an-open-source-lead-deve...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>AdmiralAsshat</author><text>The email in question appears to originate from someone whose domain is &amp;quot;@redchan...&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;So, I&amp;#x27;d say it&amp;#x27;s not inconceivable that the guy is alt-right.</text></comment>