[zzzcpan]

But it's not. It's a power grab and like any power grab it is welcomed by ideological and other kinds of supporters, but not by others. Take diversity for example. What does it have to do with professional conduct? Nothing, of course, it's a purely ideological thing. Why is it there and talked about?

[codetrotter]

> Take diversity for example. What does it have to do with professional conduct?

If someone is acting racist towards others for example, or displaying sexist attitudes, then that will absolutely hurt diversity because the people at the receiving end will not want to stick around.

[repolfx]

Has the Linux kernel project ever had a real problem with that? Linus is not racist or sexist, and nobody is saying he is. Just that he loses his temper and yells at people when he shouldn't.

It appears that Linus' temper problem has been used to slip in "more diverse and stronger" to something apparently unrelated to diversity. This is the sort of thing that gives what should be trivial and uncontroversial (A code of conduct) a terrible reputation for being the first sign of entryism by extremists who try to destroy communities from the inside.

The kernel doesn't need a CoC. All it needs is for Linus to say he's going to chill out a bit and for others to hold him to it. But now he's been convinced/pressured/bullied into adopting this deeply ideological document, it's probably only a matter of time before the kernel community is twisting itself into a pulp.

[jonathankoren]

An abusive atmosphere attracts people who also engage in abusive behavior, and drives away that simply don’t want be abused. This hurts diversity and recruitment.

[malvosenior]

The problem comes from the re-defining of sexism and racism. Mainly that you can't be sexist toward men or racist toward white people. The same people that crafted the CoC hold those views.

[detaro]

They are not the people enforcing it in the kernel community, so their opinion doesn't matter that much for this use.

[detaro]

What power is transferred from whom to whom by Linux adopting this CoC?

[lozenge]

There is no mention of diversity in the code of conduct.