On Wed, Oct 7, 2015 at 10:52 PM, Daniel and Elizabeth Case <[email protected]> wrote: > >Collaborating on software (or > encyclopedias) is a social process, and basic civility goes a long way > towards lubricating social processes. >I also don't buy Linus's argument that > being professional is being fake. No one is asking Linus to wear a suit and > tie and use marketing >buzzwords. They're just asking him to chill out and > not be an asshole. Of course he's welcome to act out his "normal urges", as > he puts >it, but I don't think he's doing any favors for the cultural health > of the free software movement. > > I really wonder if we’re looking at this backward. It almost sounds from your > interpretation that Linus (whom in fairness I have never met or interacted > with, not least because I’m not a Linux groupie, so I can’t speak to the > truth of this) seems to have founded an open-source software community as a > place for people, uh, “on spectrum” to hang out online and work together on > something in their preferred way, rather than had the idea for Linux and > then, well, all these people just happened to gravitate to it.
"Abusing people they have power over" isn't a behavior that's linked in any way to being on the autism spectrum, and I've not seen any mention that Linus self-identifies as being on the spectrum, so let's please refrain from Diagnosing People Via The Internet :) There's a great Geek Feminism Wiki on this particular argument: http://geekfeminism.wikia.com/wiki/Autism_is_to_blame What Linus has stated publicly, however, tells the story: "I am a lazy person, which is why I like open source, for other people to do work for me [...] I like to sit on the beach with a floofy drink and let you guys do all the work... I’m coasting, right now I’m coasting—I don’t have any projects I’m working on." from http://arstechnica.com/business/2015/01/linus-torvalds-on-why-he-isnt-nice-i-dont-care-about-you/ "I love open source and how all the credit comes to me" from http://www.eweek.com/enterprise-apps/linus-torvalds-talks-linux-security-at-linuxcon.html These are the words of someone who's happy to be a jackass to others, giddy with the power he has over them, all the while profiting off their work - not those of someone who's on the spectrum. -Leigh -- Leigh Honeywell http://hypatia.ca @hypatiadotca
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