From ddbd2b7ad99a418c60397901a0f3c997d030c65e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Greg Kroah-Hartman Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2015 11:44:24 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] Code of Conflict This file provides a basic guide for how to handle conflict resolution when it comes up in the development process. Acked-by: Alex Deucher Acked-by: Arjan van de Ven Acked-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann Acked-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt Acked-by: Chris Ball Acked-by: Chris Mason Acked-by: Chris Metcalf Acked-by: Dan Carpenter Acked-by: Daniel Vetter Acked-by: Dave Airlie Acked-by: David Herrmann Acked-by: Fabio Estevam Acked-by: Felipe Balbi Acked-by: Geert Uytterhoeven Acked-by: Gerd Hoffmann Acked-by: Grant Likely Acked-by: Guenter Roeck Acked-by: H Hartley Sweeten Acked-by: Hannes Reinecke Acked-by: Hans Verkuil Acked-by: Hans de Goede Acked-by: Hugh Dickins Acked-by: Ingo Molnar Acked-by: Jaegeuk Kim Acked-by: James Bottomley Acked-by: Jens Axboe Acked-by: Jes Sorensen Acked-by: Johan Hedberg Acked-by: Johan Hovold Acked-by: Johannes Berg Acked-by: John W. Linville Acked-by: Jonathan Corbet Acked-by: Josh Triplett Acked-by: Julia Lawall Acked-by: Kees Cook Acked-by: Kevin Hilman Acked-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk Acked-by: Kristen Carlson Accardi Acked-by: Kyungmin Park Acked-by: Laurent Pinchart Acked-by: Linus Walleij Acked-by: Luis R. Rodriguez Acked-by: Magnus Damm Acked-by: Mark Brown Acked-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab Acked-by: Maxime Ripard Acked-by: Mimi Zohar Acked-by: NeilBrown Acked-by: Olof Johansson Acked-by: Paul E. McKenney Acked-by: Rafael J. Wysocki Acked-by: Rik van Riel Acked-by: Sachin Prabhu Acked-by: Shuah Khan Acked-by: Simon Horman Acked-by: Stephen Rothwell Acked-by: Stephen Warren Acked-by: Steven Rostedt Acked-by: Takashi Iwai Acked-by: Tejun Heo Acked-by: Theodore Ts'o Acked-by: Tony Luck Acked-by: Will Deacon Acked-by: Willy Tarreau Acked-by: Zefan Li Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- Documentation/CodeOfConflict | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+) create mode 100644 Documentation/CodeOfConflict diff --git a/Documentation/CodeOfConflict b/Documentation/CodeOfConflict new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..1684d0b4efa6 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/CodeOfConflict @@ -0,0 +1,27 @@ +Code of Conflict +---------------- + +The Linux kernel development effort is a very personal process compared +to "traditional" ways of developing software. Your code and ideas +behind it will be carefully reviewed, often resulting in critique and +criticism. The review will almost always require improvements to the +code before it can be included in the kernel. Know that this happens +because everyone involved wants to see the best possible solution for +the overall success of Linux. This development process has been proven +to create the most robust operating system kernel ever, and we do not +want to do anything to cause the quality of submission and eventual +result to ever decrease. + +If however, anyone feels personally abused, threatened, or otherwise +uncomfortable due to this process, that is not acceptable. If so, +please contact the Linux Foundation's Technical Advisory Board at +, or the individual members, and they +will work to resolve the issue to the best of their ability. For more +information on who is on the Technical Advisory Board and what their +role is, please see: + http://www.linuxfoundation.org/programs/advisory-councils/tab + +As a reviewer of code, please strive to keep things civil and focused on +the technical issues involved. We are all humans, and frustrations can +be high on both sides of the process. Try to keep in mind the immortal +words of Bill and Ted, "Be excellent to each other."