F-word removed from Linux code comments in favour of 'hug'

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In October, the Linux kernel project adopted a new Code of Conduct with the aim of enforcing more inclusive language; while it did have plenty of supporters, it also had detractors who were not keen on the idea at all. Today, Jarkko Sakkinen from Intel began putting the Code of Conduct into practice against several code comments, replacing the F-word with 'hug'.

 

Following the change, several contributors responded to the alterations calling them insane, one wondered if Sakkinen was just trying to make a joke, and another called it censorship and said he’d refuse to apply any sort of patches like this to the code he's in charge of. Another contributor said they didn’t mind the change but that some of the sentences were now difficult to understand, this was echoed by a Dutch contributor who said the replacements were confusing for non-native English speakers.

 

Some of the post-change comments read “Some Athlon laptops have really hugged PST tables”, “If you don’t see why, please stay the hug away from my code”, and “Only Sun can take such nice parts and hug up the programming interface”.

 

While these changes may not seem quite as dystopian as some imagined, it’s not very good practice to make the comments confusing. Anyone who has taken a lesson in programming can tell you that it’s very important to leave enough understandable comments throughout the code so that contributors in future can understand what the code does before they make changes.

 

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[steven36]

This not really  not about software  its about the politics  of the Linux Foundation because  so much so they ban  these type topics from the Linux Sub on reddit months ago    because it caused massive fights with people who don't even use  Linux who just wanted to troll Linus for having a potty mouth , witch he went and got behavior  management therapy for by the way     .. While Linux would not be possible without the Linux Kernel  its just a small part   , It would  of never been possible  without open source and the free software foundation volunteers  as well  there the biggest part of it and they don't have no code of conduit  and still don't use words like hug  . The community is much bigger than those bunch of tossers  that takes donations from big tech and have to be politically correct  and change there whole way  they post emails  to suck up, so they will keep getting them. People were so mad over this  that they were threatening to fork the  Linux Kernel.

 

  When you dictate what a person says they become shallow and they say stuff they don't even mean. You can change the way they write emails  but that still don't change the person in real life  that just puts on a fake face  on at work,  witch 90%  of people at work are just being fake people  already. I had bosses like Linus in the past that had to go behavior  management class  but he still wanted to  cuss us out  and you could tell , only thing changed was he didn't so he could keep his job.

 

Linux became successful for selfish reasons it's selfish software  it was around long before big tech donated because everyone pitched in and did it /do it  for there own selfish reasons  not about profit  . Now   IBM , Microsoft ,Google  and  others came along  and use it for there selfish reasons to get rich.  it was not tell a few years back they changed  it were you had  to donate  a certain amount  to have a vote at  the Linux Foundation. . Only reason Big Tech  has a vote  they pay  a lot for it and they will keep paying if they want a vote on how it's ran.. if they stop donating  they will just have let the community be part of it again  . We don't need them it's the Big Wigs at linux that  need them,  we can just get rid of the ones who are just management and don't write code .