New Linux Kernel 'Code of Conflict' Patch Protects Developers from Being Abused | Linux Today

New Linux Kernel ‘Code of Conflict’ Patch Protects Developers from Being Abused

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Marius Nestor
Mar 11, 2015

It appears that a patch has been submitted recently by Linus Torvalds into the ???Documentation??? directory of the Linux kernel’s source code, called ‘Code of Conflict’. This is nothing but a simple text that aims to set the rational basis for the code reviews given by Linus Torvalds and others.

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Marius Nestor

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