Re: [Ksummit-discuss] [PATCH] code-of-conduct: Remove explicit list of discrimination factors

[Josh Triplett]

On Mon, Oct 08, 2018 at 04:42:47PM +0100, Alan Cox wrote:
> > In any case, this is not the appropriate place for such patches, any
> > more than it's the place for patches to the GPL.
> 
> I disagree. We had the GPLv2 or GPLv3 discussion on the kernel mailing
> list. The syscall clarification was discussed on the list. The
> EXPORT_SYMBOL and EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL stuff was discussed on the list.

And discussion of this could occur on the list, as well. I said "for
such patches", not "for such discussion".

And, incidentally, this particular issues has now been addressed
upstream. I proposed a change to the FAQ, which has now been merged. See
https://www.contributor-covenant.org/faq and
https://github.com/ContributorCovenant/contributor_covenant/pull/612 .