Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: Remove some entries due to various compliance requirements.

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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:
[...]

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 the
specific 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-h

Best Regards,
Mingcong Bai

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