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Linux Team Approves New Terminology, Bans Terms Like 'Blacklist' and 'Slave'

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

mrpg writes:

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: 3, Insightful) by hendrikboom on Wednesday July 15 2020, @03:19AM (1 child)

    by hendrikboom (1125) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday July 15 2020, @03:19AM (#1021689) Homepage Journal

    Technology is an important part of our culture.

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  • (Score: 2) by HiThere on Wednesday July 15 2020, @03:57AM

    by HiThere (866) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday July 15 2020, @03:57AM (#1021715) Journal

    Technology is an important part of our culture, but the nomenclature used isn't. What's important is a few relationships that can be moved to other terms without loss. There *are* works where the words used are important, but technical documentation isn't that kind of work of art.

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