On Thu, Oct 24, 2024 at 05:58:45PM +0100, Jiaxun Yang wrote: > > > 在2024年10月24日十月 下午5:27，James Bottomley写道： > > On Thu, 2024-10-24 at 16:59 +0100, Jiaxun Yang wrote: > [...] > > Hi James, > > > > > It's Linux, so no official capacity at all. However, I am expressing > > the views of a number of people I talked to but it's not fair of me to > > name them. > > Fair enough, I was hoping that it's from Linux Foundation but it's still > good news to me that it do represent some respectful individuals. > > > > [...] > >> How should we handle it? > > > > A big chunk of the reason it's taken so long just to get the above is > > that the Lawyers (of which I'm not one) are still discussing the > > specifics and will produce a much longer policy document later, so they > > don't want to be drawn into questions like this. However, my non- > > legal-advice rule of thumb that I'm applying until I hear otherwise is > > not on the SDN list, not a problem. > > Thank you for sharing your insights. I'm looking forward to the document. +1 > While I remain quite upset about how things were handled, your message has > helped restore some of my confidence in the community. +1 > I agree with Peter Cai's earlier comment that steps should be taken to address > the harm caused by the initial reckless actions, particularly to those who were > humiliated. +1 > It is also important to put measures in place to prevent such drama from recurring. > A formal procedure for handling urgent compliance requests may be a sensible step > forward. +1 > I hold our community in high regard and would be heartbreaking to see the reputation > of the Linux Kernel undermined in such an unfortunate manner. I would appreciate it > if you could convey those thoughts to the relevant individuals. +1 -- Regards, Andreas PS: What people also tend to forget. No matter how worse it gets in world affairs there always will come a time after a conflict. And people with brains should look forward to such times and how they can continue to work together then.
