From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (smtp1.linux-foundation.org [172.17.192.35]) by mail.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A32136EE8 for ; Mon, 8 Oct 2018 16:14:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: from relay6-d.mail.gandi.net (relay6-d.mail.gandi.net [217.70.183.198]) by smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 064157C for ; Mon, 8 Oct 2018 16:14:11 +0000 (UTC) Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2018 09:14:05 -0700 From: Josh Triplett To: Alan Cox Message-ID: <20181008161404.GA11021@localhost> References: <20181007085102.17795-1-geert@linux-m68k.org> <20181007113514.GA21217@localhost> <20181008164247.48b60ba7@alans-desktop> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20181008164247.48b60ba7@alans-desktop> Cc: James Bottomley , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, ksummit-discuss@lists.linuxfoundation.org Subject: Re: [Ksummit-discuss] [PATCH] code-of-conduct: Remove explicit list of discrimination factors List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On Mon, Oct 08, 2018 at 04:42:47PM +0100, Alan Cox wrote: > > In any case, this is not the appropriate place for such patches, any > > more than it's the place for patches to the GPL. > > I disagree. We had the GPLv2 or GPLv3 discussion on the kernel mailing > list. The syscall clarification was discussed on the list. The > EXPORT_SYMBOL and EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL stuff was discussed on the list. And discussion of this could occur on the list, as well. I said "for such patches", not "for such discussion". And, incidentally, this particular issues has now been addressed upstream. I proposed a change to the FAQ, which has now been merged. See https://www.contributor-covenant.org/faq and https://github.com/ContributorCovenant/contributor_covenant/pull/612 .