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		ngetchell 9 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Linux CoC Announces Decision Wrt Kent Overstreet (... Seems like Kent was a jerk, was given a chance to apologize, didn't, then got kicked out. Seems like a functioning community to me. Being a good programmer doesn't absolve you of the need to be a good person to others.

NewJazz 9 months ago [–]

He did apologize, but the apology was deemed insufficient by the CoC. AIUI they wanted a public apology?

zimpenfish 9 months ago | [–]

> AIUI they wanted a public apology?

Seems fair if the thing that needs an apology happened in public.

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