[umvi]

> but I’m also glad they didn’t buy into the code of conduct saga that waved over FreeBSD and eventually Linux.

I'm a bit out of the loop, but I thought it started with Linux because Linus swore/ranted/"abused" contributors or something? Or am I thinking of something else?

[dijit]

It’s fair to be out of the loop. I wish I was, because dissenting for any reason is seen as being a villain or a troll.

For a little context though the freebsd code of conduct was instantiated in 14th February 2018 - the Linux one was altered to be the current one on September 21st of the same year (which is when the Linux CoC controversy began).

[calcifer]

He was quite abusive actually, not "abusive".

[derefr]

You seem to be interpreting the parent as using scare-quotes to disagree with the idea that Linus's behavior was "abusive."

But the parent comment was, as far as I can tell, intending to use regular quotation marks, in the way a journalist does (and as I just did)—to mention what someone else said, without endorsing or denying that opinion as their own, in order to avoid an argument.

(Personally, I think more things people describe should be put in quotation marks. A lot of Internet arguments are started by people trying to argue others out of beliefs they don't actually personally have.)

[aaronbrethorst]

Quotes only work with attribution