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| The Linux kernel development effort is a very personal process compared |
| to "traditional" ways of developing software. Your code and ideas |
| behind it will be carefully reviewed, often resulting in critique and |
| criticism. The review will almost always require improvements to the |
| code before it can be included in the kernel. Know that this happens |
| because everyone involved wants to see the best possible solution for |
| the overall success of Linux. This development process has been proven |
| to create the most robust operating system kernel ever, and we do not |
| want to do anything to cause the quality of submission and eventual |
| result to ever decrease. |
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| If however, anyone feels personally abused, threatened, or otherwise |
| uncomfortable due to this process, that is not acceptable. If so, |
| please contact the Linux Foundation's Technical Advisory Board at |
| <tab@lists.linux-foundation.org>, or the individual members, and they |
| will work to resolve the issue to the best of their ability. For more |
| information on who is on the Technical Advisory Board and what their |
| role is, please see: |
| http://www.linuxfoundation.org/programs/advisory-councils/tab |
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| As a reviewer of code, please strive to keep things civil and focused on |
| the technical issues involved. We are all humans, and frustrations can |
| be high on both sides of the process. Try to keep in mind the immortal |
| words of Bill and Ted, "Be excellent to each other." |
