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Asahi Lina releases all code as CC0 out of frustration: After Lina stepped down from development, we (regrettably) have a new episode of the Asahi Linux drama series. (thelibre.news)

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[-] Maven@lemmy.zip 27 points 1 month ago

Would it be possible for someone to give me a TLDR of the background of this? The other comments make the drama sound so interesting and I want to learn the backstory.

[-] catloaf@lemm.ee 49 points 1 month ago

They wanted to write more drivers in Rust. They sought the approval of one of the key maintainers of part of the Linux kernel even though their approval wasn't needed. That guy rejected any new Rust code due to personal dislike. Obviously this upset people, and Linus didn't step in to manage the dispute until the drama had blown up.