Re:I got robbed of my first kernel contribution
by scruple on Wednesday September 27, 2023 @10:11AM
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This entire attitude around denying attribution is unreal. I see it in industry all of the time, especially now that I'm in gamesdev. People pull out all of the stops to prevent certain people or even certain disciplines from receiving credit for their efforts. It's abysmal.
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Re:I got robbed of my first kernel contribution
by peyton on Wednesday September 27, 2023 @11:23AM
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What’s the incentive here? It seems more likely it just wasn’t a concern to the maintainers. The guy can still call himself a Linux contributor if he wants. He submitted a couple if statements and didn’t get it signed off. Why split hairs over what the commit message says?
Re:I got robbed of my first kernel contribution
by scruple on Wednesday September 27, 2023 @12:33PM
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You're doing the same thing. You're reducing the effort this person put into finding a solution to, "a couple if statements" and "he can call himself a ... if he wants to." Sorry, that's dismissive of his efforts and reeks of elitism and bullshit.
> What’s the incentive here?
To not turn away people who want to contribute, and have proven they can help, who are doing the job they're asked to do by their employers in the case of industry, by being an asshole to them.