Linus Torvalds: Respect is Earned Not Given (2014)

By Xah Lee. Date: .

This is Linus Torvalds, few years ago. “respect is earned not given”

Linus Torvalds on his insults: respect should be earned.
Sep 3, 2014
TFiR: Open Source and Emerging Tech [https://www.youtube.com/embed/JZ017D_JOPY]

Now with Linus putting in the persecuting Code Of Conduct and apologizing (around 2018-09-25), something's wrong. I doubt he suddenly changed and saw the light, for person of his age and severity at extreme swearing. (note, there's big diff, from swearing and actual cruelty. Linus is 0 of the latter.) He is prob under overt or covert pressure.