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Re:RMS: GitHub has done terrible harm to our community by laresistance on Thursday November 28, 2019 @04:27AM (#21655791)
Linus' use of explicit language was exactly something that should be used as an example. He rarely attacked people, but instead attacked the actions that they did or ideas that they had.
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Re:RMS: GitHub has done terrible harm to our community by Godel_unicode on Thursday November 28, 2019 @08:22PM (#21661270)
"""My flippant attacks in emails have been both unprofessional and uncalled for. Especially at times when I made it personal."""

https://www.businessinsider.com/linus-torvalds-linux-time-aw...

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Re:RMS: GitHub has done terrible harm to our community by laresistance on Sunday December 01, 2019 @11:34AM (#21676205)
He made those remarks after he pretty much was forced to "professionalize" by The Foundation.

I do agree however that at no times should criticism of code or work become personal.

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Re:RMS: GitHub has done terrible harm to our community by Godel_unicode on Monday December 02, 2019 @12:50AM (#21680138)
I'm not sure what point you're making here? In hindsight, he views his words as inappropriate. I'm not sure I understand what the temporal distance between the words and the apology has to do with how appropriate they were.
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Re:RMS: GitHub has done terrible harm to our community by DarkWiiPlayer on Thursday November 28, 2019 @08:19AM (#21657079)
He's the Gordon Ramsay of the software world. Sometimes it just takes strong language to get a point across: "your code is low quality and you're wasting my time by having me review it". And to be honest, I'd gladly take being insulted over having to waste my time. Strong language doesn't hurt anyone, but you won't ever get that wasted time back. I consider it verbal self-defense.
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