I felt the message was OK-ish but it bothered me that he used the term “social warrior”, which is an older term used by right-wing chuds before they got married to “woke”
The quotation marks indicates a distance from the expression. They’re clearly used to show that Linus considers the term someone else’s label and something he doesn’t endorses.
While I also disagree with how he have behaved and his opinions, I think it’s important to not make up alternative versions of what he has said or not said.
I read this Linus Torvalds quote out loud and my dog freaked out.
This is NOT some kind of " social warrior " project, never has been,
and never will be.
In the kernel community we do open source because it results in better
technology, not because of religious reasons.
And so we make decisions primarily based on technical merit . Not fear
of new tools.
It’s important to note that this man’s contributions to Open Source can be taken freely, and he and his opinions can be thrown in the wastebasket at any time.
I felt the message was OK-ish but it bothered me that he used the term “social warrior”, which is an older term used by right-wing chuds before they got married to “woke”
To be honest I would not be surprised of any political views Torvalds would have. 😅
He did not use the term “social warrior”.
The quotation marks indicates a distance from the expression. They’re clearly used to show that Linus considers the term someone else’s label and something he doesn’t endorses.
While I also disagree with how he have behaved and his opinions, I think it’s important to not make up alternative versions of what he has said or not said.
I read this Linus Torvalds quote out loud and my dog freaked out.
It’s important to note that this man’s contributions to Open Source can be taken freely, and he and his opinions can be thrown in the wastebasket at any time.