On Sat, Feb 15, 2025 at 08:37:53AM +0100, Karol Herbst wrote: > I was pondering with myself for a while if I should just make it official > that I'm not really involved in the kernel community anymore, neither as a > reviewer, nor as a maintainer. > > Most of the time I simply excused myself with "if something urgent comes > up, I can chime in and help out". Lyude and Danilo are doing a wonderful > job and I've put all my trust into them. > > However, there is one thing I can't stand and it's hurting me the most. > I'm convinced, no, my core believe is, that inclusivity and respect, > working with others as equals, no power plays involved, is how we should > work together within the Free and Open Source community. > > I can understand maintainers needing to learn, being concerned on > technical points. Everybody deserves the time to understand and learn. It > is my true belief that most people are capable of change eventually. I > truly believe this community can change from within, however this doesn't > mean it's going to be a smooth process. > > The moment I made up my mind about this was reading the following words > written by a maintainer within the kernel community: > > "we are the thin blue line" > > This isn't okay. This isn't creating an inclusive environment. This isn't > okay with the current political situation especially in the US. A > maintainer speaking those words can't be kept. No matter how important > or critical or relevant they are. They need to be removed until they > learn. Learn what those words mean for a lot of marginalized people. Learn > about what horrors it evokes in their minds. > > I can't in good faith remain to be part of a project and its community > where those words are tolerated. Those words are not technical, they are > a political statement. Even if unintentionally, such words carry power, > they carry meanings one needs to be aware of. They do cause an immense > amount of harm. > > I wish the best of luck for everybody to continue to try to work from > within. You got my full support and I won't hold it against anybody trying > to improve the community, it's a thankless job, it's a lot of work. People > will continue to burn out. > > I got burned out enough by myself caring about the bits I maintained, but > eventually I had to realize my limits. The obligation I felt was eating me > from inside. It stopped being fun at some point and I reached a point > where I simply couldn't continue the work I was so motivated doing as I've > did in the early days. > > Please respect my wishes and put this statement as is into the tree. > Leaving anything out destroys its entire meaning. > > Respectfully > > Karol > > Signed-off-by: Karol Herbst <kherbst@xxxxxxxxxx> @Steven, @Masami: Can I get an ACK for taking this through the drm-misc tree? (Not cutting any context, since you have not been copied on this one.) - Danilo > --- > MAINTAINERS | 2 -- > 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS > index 25c86f47353de..ca31e57fa203c 100644 > --- a/MAINTAINERS > +++ b/MAINTAINERS > @@ -7431,7 +7431,6 @@ F: Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/panel/novatek,nt36672a.yaml > F: drivers/gpu/drm/panel/panel-novatek-nt36672a.c > > DRM DRIVER FOR NVIDIA GEFORCE/QUADRO GPUS > -M: Karol Herbst <kherbst@xxxxxxxxxx> > M: Lyude Paul <lyude@xxxxxxxxxx> > M: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@xxxxxxxxxx> > L: dri-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > @@ -24062,7 +24061,6 @@ F: tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/ > TRACING MMIO ACCESSES (MMIOTRACE) > M: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx> > M: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx> > -R: Karol Herbst <karolherbst@xxxxxxxxx> > R: Pekka Paalanen <ppaalanen@xxxxxxxxx> > L: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > L: nouveau@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > -- > 2.48.1 >
