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Date:	Sun, 23 Mar 2014 19:40:23 -0700
From:	Sarah Sharp <sarah.a.sharp@...ux.intel.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] #CleanUp non-gender-neutral README

http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/c-plus-equality-c

Don't feed the trolls.

>  From: Feminist-Software-Foundation 
> <feministsoftwarefoundation@...es.dicksinmyan.us>
> 
> This patch started as an effort inspired by EthicalCode's #CleanUpGitHub 
> project <http://ethicalco.de/events/cughinfo/> to find and replace 
> either hateful, hurtful or discriminatory text in GitHub repositories.  
> The Linux kernel, being the de facto crown jewel of FOSS, deserves 
> better than to conform to non-gender-neutral pronouns and articles in 
> its README.  This patch rectifies that.
> 
> We are the Feminist Software Foundation.  We are the inventor of C+=, 
> world's first feminist programming language 
> <https://github.com/Feminist-Software-Foundation/C-plus-Equality>).  As 
> our latest effort, we are lending our help to a very popular feminist 
> phenomenon in the programming scene: purging popular FOSS repositories 
> of their Patriarchal influences.
> 
> As reported by several developers, Linux's kernel development does not 
> follow the activities on GitHub.  Whereby, we are submitting this patch 
> to the LKML in hope that this will garner a more professional response, 
> in contrast to the blatant sexism and booing that this patch has 
> received from the GitHub brogrammer community.
> 
> Singed-off-by: Feminist-Software-Foundation 
> <feministsoftwarefoundation@...es.dicksinmyan.us>
> ---
> --- README.orig	2014-03-24 00:28:33.506830489 +0000
> +++ README	2014-03-24 00:27:37.754554028 +0000
> @@ -1,64 +1,64 @@
>           Linux kernel release 3.x <http://kernel.org/>
> 
> -These are the release notes for Linux version 3.  Read them carefully,
> -as they tell you what this is all about, explain how to install the
> +These are xhe release notes for Linux version 3.  Read xhem carefully,
> +as xhey tell you what this is all about, explain how to install xhe
>   kernel, and what to do if something goes wrong.
> 
>   WHAT IS LINUX?
> 
> -  Linux is a clone of the operating system Unix, written from scratch 
> by
> +  Linux is a clone of xhe operating system Unix, written from scratch 
> by
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