“If you can’t take the heat, get out of the kitchen” could be the unofficial motto of the Linux kernel community. Over the years, there has been one conflict after another in the heart of the the Linux development community, the Linux Kernel Mailing List (LKML). Now, in order to make the LKML more peaceful, the group has adopted a Code of Conduct.
This title isn’t quite accurate; it’s not a code of conduct. Rather, it describes a method to resolve conflicts.
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