On 2024/10/23 09:26, Mingcong Bai wrote:
No, no, no. Nuh, uh.Greg has unfortunately decided to respond in private over a matter that by no means should be glossed over. Here below is our conversation:
I can't believe a senior maintainer is breaking our agreed netiquette [1], but that's happening.
在 2024-10-23 15:55，Greg KH 写道：
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Request declined. Your response is now public knowledge (and hey, if this is not by your will, my apologies). Again, this matter requires public response.在 2024-10-23 14:30，WangYuli 写道： Although this commit has been merged, it's still important to know thespecific reason (or even an example) that triggered this change for everyone here, right? And those maintainers who have been removed should be notified. Seconded.Sorry, but that's not how this is allowed to work. Please contact your company lawyers if you have any questions about this. And this only affects maintainers, as you aren't listed in the MAINTAINERS file, there should not be any issue, but again, contact your company if you have any questions as they know what is going on.
I think there are no regulations on earth preventing itself from being referenced.
Even if the regulation prevents further communication with affected bodies, the wider community still deserves an explanation. As a person with M entries I found this behavior appalling. It shakes mutual trust between maintainers, as we all assumed that patches being applied are well scrutinized.Besides, many of us are working on kernel as hobbyist in a personal capacity. That means we don't have access to lawyers, especially US one. While I understand corporate participants may be the majority of the community, please don't leave
hobbyists behind!I've had some interactions with some of people being removed here, and I would say they are all brilliant individuals. It's really sad to see them being turned away :-(
Just *wink* if you were compelled into this.
^ It sounds unprofessional to me. Thanks - Jiaxun [1]: https://people.kernel.org/tglx/notes-about-netiquette-qw89
thanks, greg k-hBest Regards, Mingcong Bai
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