"You are easily replacable" Bruce Peren's message to past contributors.
From: freedomfromruin
Date: Sun Sep 30 2018 - 14:43:49 EST
"Any actual kernel developers who leave will be replaced by one of the
other 4000 active this year. If they have been vociferous about their
rights to entirely unlimited conduct (and all of the side-issues that
seem to come with that) it may be that the folks on the kernel mailing
list are already tired of them and won't miss them."
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