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Don't feed the trolls. > From: Feminist-Software-Foundation > <[email protected]> > > This patch started as an effort inspired by EthicalCode's #CleanUpGitHub > project <http://ethicalco.de/events/cughinfo/> to find and replace > either hateful, hurtful or discriminatory text in GitHub repositories. > The Linux kernel, being the de facto crown jewel of FOSS, deserves > better than to conform to non-gender-neutral pronouns and articles in > its README. This patch rectifies that. > > We are the Feminist Software Foundation. We are the inventor of C+=, > world's first feminist programming language > <https://github.com/Feminist-Software-Foundation/C-plus-Equality>). As > our latest effort, we are lending our help to a very popular feminist > phenomenon in the programming scene: purging popular FOSS repositories > of their Patriarchal influences. > > As reported by several developers, Linux's kernel development does not > follow the activities on GitHub. Whereby, we are submitting this patch > to the LKML in hope that this will garner a more professional response, > in contrast to the blatant sexism and booing that this patch has > received from the GitHub brogrammer community. > > Singed-off-by: Feminist-Software-Foundation > <[email protected]> > --- > --- README.orig 2014-03-24 00:28:33.506830489 +0000 > +++ README 2014-03-24 00:27:37.754554028 +0000 > @@ -1,64 +1,64 @@ > Linux kernel release 3.x <http://kernel.org/> > > -These are the release notes for Linux version 3. Read them carefully, > -as they tell you what this is all about, explain how to install the > +These are xhe release notes for Linux version 3. Read xhem carefully, > +as xhey tell you what this is all about, explain how to install xhe > kernel, and what to do if something goes wrong. > > WHAT IS LINUX? > > - Linux is a clone of the operating system Unix, written from scratch > by > + Linux is a clone of xhe operating system Unix, written from scratch > by -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
