I got robbed of my first kernel contribution

Re:I got robbed of my first kernel contribution by bayindirh on Wednesday September 27, 2023 @08:55AM (#37673926)

> I’m not sure there’s any value in trying to align ourselves on this.

Same here.

> I still stand by my original stance which is that no one is owed anything, especially when they do something no one asked them to do.

I understand your point, but nothing is mandatory in Free Software. However, this is not about internet points, but it's human decency with consequences.

Strip the event from The Kernel and computer domain, this is plain rude, unjust and unethical. The author says this, and I concur.

First, we need to do better as humans. This is the lesson.

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Re:I got robbed of my first kernel contribution by ryandrake on Wednesday September 27, 2023 @02:39PM (#37679226)

> I understand your point, but nothing is mandatory in Free Software. However, this is not about internet points, but it's human decency with consequences.

The way OP framed it in the blog post, it sure does seem like it's mostly about Internet Points:

    I told him that I would really appreciate if he could accept a patch from me, so that I could receive credit for fixing this issue and become a kernel contributor.

There is no official title of "Kernel Contributor" that comes with a certificate written on parchment. I have code I wrote in the Linux kernel. Am I an official Kernel Contributor? If so, I didn't receive my merit badge, and that doesn't mean any human decency rules were broken. Having code in the kernel is not that big a deal. I highly doubt I got any job offers because of it. This seems as Internet-pointy as HN karma.

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