Being Excellent

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Try to keep in mind the immortal words of Bill and Ted, "Be excellent to each other." Linux Code of Conflict 2015

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Try to keep in mind the immortal words of Bill and Ted, "Be excellent to each other." Linux Code of Conflict 2015 [1]

The Linux kernel community is an amazing collection of superhuman programmers who have succeeded beyond anyone's dreams in changing the world. But the kernel list is also known as a pretty rough and tumble place, where maintainers don't mince words and are often known to mince people with their words. Past efforts have attempted to dial down the harsh language, but as we learned recently, the issues have lingered.

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