I'm not a member of the Lynux community, though I'm a very grateful user of their software. But I don't read that blogpost as saying that "She didn't try to change Linus Torvalds. She left".
I read her words, and especially* "I’m posting this because I feel sad every time someone thanks me for standing up for better community norms, because I have essentially given up trying to change the Linux kernel community. Cultural change is a slow, painful process, and I no longer have the mental energy to be an active part of that cultural change in the kernel."* Those are the words of someone who has tried and tried again before deciding to leave. On 7 October 2015 at 22:33, Moriel Schottlender <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On Wed, Oct 7, 2015 at 12:44 PM, rupert THURNER <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> to let wikipedia NPOV also have a word, here what linus torvalds >> thought about it two years ago: >> http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=137392506516022&w=2 >> in a summary, torvalds argues that sarah sharp should accept that >> people are different and act different, she should not try to change >> linus torvalds. >> > > She didn't try to change Linus Torvalds. She left. > > The question in every community is really quite simple when we talk about > these things; If we want to let people be personally confrontational, > unwelcoming or abusive because we want to let people who they are, then we > lose people who have no patience or desire to be abused in their capacity > as volunteers. > > I think what Linus Torvalds is missing is empathy to others who aren't > like *him* (ironically), but he's far from being the only one in the field > to apparently lack that, especially in these type of discussions. > > >> >> rupert >> >> On Wed, Oct 7, 2015 at 4:58 PM, Pine W <[email protected]> wrote: >> > I wish that we had a proven solution for that kind of issue in online >> > communities in general. It's quite disappointing. Thanks for forwarding >> that >> > post. >> > >> > Pine >> > >> > On Oct 7, 2015 6:44 AM, "Jason Radford" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >> I think folks here will understand this story. >> >> >> >> http://sarah.thesharps.us/2015/10/05/closing-a-door/ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >
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