Originally Posted by
Major
You don't agree with requiring contributors to behave professionally and not engage in harassment?
No; I don't agree with the way that Coraline, the woman who petitioned Linus to adopt the CoC has framed the situation after the fact. She also claimed that this is political and I believe this aggressive demeanor and shaming are disgusting, especially when used in the guise of equality. I do believe that everyone, especially contributors that represent a large project, should behave professionally and not harass others. I'd like to believe I myself have earned the respect of others I work with based on the quality of work and contributions I make. Regardless of me being LGBT I don't think it has affected the rate at which people hire, pay me, or work with me, because my work speaks for itself. I've seen another popular post where someone abused github issues to request that a open-source group adopt a CoC, and I'd like to think his response was completely professional, while the issuer was being aggressive and childish.