| Greg Kroah-Hartman | ddbd2b7a | 2015-02-27 11:44:24 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 1 | Code of Conflict |
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| 4 | The Linux kernel development effort is a very personal process compared |
| 5 | to "traditional" ways of developing software. Your code and ideas |
| 6 | behind it will be carefully reviewed, often resulting in critique and |
| 7 | criticism. The review will almost always require improvements to the |
| 8 | code before it can be included in the kernel. Know that this happens |
| 9 | because everyone involved wants to see the best possible solution for |
| 10 | the overall success of Linux. This development process has been proven |
| 11 | to create the most robust operating system kernel ever, and we do not |
| 12 | want to do anything to cause the quality of submission and eventual |
| 13 | result to ever decrease. |
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| 15 | If however, anyone feels personally abused, threatened, or otherwise |
| 16 | uncomfortable due to this process, that is not acceptable. If so, |
| 17 | please contact the Linux Foundation's Technical Advisory Board at |
| 18 | <tab@lists.linux-foundation.org>, or the individual members, and they |
| 19 | will work to resolve the issue to the best of their ability. For more |
| 20 | information on who is on the Technical Advisory Board and what their |
| 21 | role is, please see: |
| 22 | http://www.linuxfoundation.org/programs/advisory-councils/tab |
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| 24 | As a reviewer of code, please strive to keep things civil and focused on |
| 25 | the technical issues involved. We are all humans, and frustrations can |
| 26 | be high on both sides of the process. Try to keep in mind the immortal |
| 27 | words of Bill and Ted, "Be excellent to each other." |