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On Being Nice
by forwardslash

    Linus and co. made a lot of news recently about how Greg KH should be tougher on people who contribute patches to -stable:

        So Greg, if you want it all to change, create some real threat: be frank with contributors and sometimes swear a bit.
    and

        You may need to learn to shout at people.
    I disagree that being a jerk is required. In fact, I believe it to be harmful.

    Now, I understand that Ingo Molnar and Linus Torvalds have a lot more experience in open source development than I do, but we can learn about this from scientific studies and statistics, rather than depending on unreliable personal experience.