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

[Mingcong Bai <jeffbai@xxxxxxx>]

Greetings again (oops),

I messed up the reference levels when I sent my disclosure. Jiaxun got 
most of the references right but the last sentence.

在 2024-10-23 17:53，Jiaxun Yang 写道：
> 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.

For the record, I wrote that unprofessional sentence ("Just *wink*"), 
since it was private.

Best Regards,
Mingcong Bai

> Thanks
> - Jiaxun
>
> [1]: https://people.kernel.org/tglx/notes-about-netiquette-qw89
> > > thanks,
> > >
> > > greg k-h
> >
> > Best Regards,
> > Mingcong Bai