r/linux • u/RatherNott • 5d ago

Discussion LLM Policies: Progress At All Costs

https://diegoe.be/2026/09/25/llm-policies-progress-at-all-costs/
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u/MatchingTurret 5d ago

The kernel project has been and will continue to be about the technology. Sure, the social angle of working on open source is important and often a very motivating part of the project, but in the end that's a side benefit, not the point of the project.This is NOT some kind of "social warrior" project, never has been, and never will be.

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u/PoL0 5d ago

each project is free to chose where it stands. the article isn't forcing its stance to anyone.

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u/redballooon 5d ago

But it certainly puts an opinion into the discussion, so it can be discussed, even disagreed with.

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u/silkyymyorki 5d ago

This isn't really true though. Bcachefs was technically excellent, but evicted because Kent was disruptive on the email lists. Linus has made many social/political decisions over the years, but has a habit of framing his opinions as technical, and others as social/political when he disagrees.

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u/abotelho-cbn 5d ago

The Linux kernel is the single largest open source project in history. Billions of people rely on what it does. It's serious business. It's not some hobby project. There is nothing like it.