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posted by Fnord666 on Wednesday July 15 2020, @12:58AM   Printer-friendly
from the ban-hammer dept.

https://www.zdnet.com/article/linux-team-approves-new-terminology-bans-terms-like-blacklist-and-slave/

Linus Torvalds approved on Friday a new and more inclusive terminology for the Linux kernel code and documentation.

Going forward, Linux developers have been asked to use new terms for the master/slave and blacklist/whitelist terminologies.

The Linux team did not recommend any specific terms but asked developers to choose as appropriate.

The new terms are to be used for new source code written for the Linux kernel and its associated documentation.

The older terms, considered inadequate now, will only be allowed for maintaining older code and documentation, or "when updating code for an existing (as of 2020) hardware or protocol specification that mandates those terms."

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Linux kernel will no longer use terms 'blacklist' and 'slave'


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  • (Score: 4, Touché) by c0lo on Wednesday July 15 2020, @01:33AM (4 children)

    by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday July 15 2020, @01:33AM (#1021611) Journal

    So an operating kernel isn't even safe from this bullshit?

    What? You reckon an OS kernel can't function without the symbol names containing 'blacklist' and 'slave' or what?

    I'm throwing out all my tech and moving to a cabin in the woods.

    If you do so, stay there, don't get out as Unabomber.

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  • (Score: 4, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 15 2020, @02:24AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 15 2020, @02:24AM (#1021657)

    Or worse yet, the Unaboomer.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 15 2020, @03:00AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 15 2020, @03:00AM (#1021681)

      *Uberdoomer

  • (Score: 5, Interesting) by Bot on Wednesday July 15 2020, @04:44PM

    by Bot (3902) on Wednesday July 15 2020, @04:44PM (#1021981) Journal

    >What? You reckon an OS kernel can't function without the symbol names containing 'blacklist' and 'slave' or what?

    I reckon this is only the beginning. Once you bow to this BULLSHIT they won't stop and come up with something else. The slippery slope is a fallacy only when you don't see it happening year after year.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 16 2020, @05:35PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 16 2020, @05:35PM (#1022489)

    Of course colo would defend this shit, along with way too many Aussies. Pitiful.