Developer Misinterprets Linux Code of Conduct, Suggests Replacing F-Word with 'Hug'

Seeking compliance with Linux's new Code of Conduct, Intel software engineer Jarkko Sakkinen recently requested comments on a set of changes to kernel code comments which Neowin described as 'replacing the F-word with 'hug'. '
80 comments quickly followed on the Linux Kernel Maintainer's List:
Several contributors responded to the alterations calling them insane. One wondered if Sakkinen was just trying to make a joke, and another called it censorship and said he'd refuse to apply any sort of patches like this to the code he's in charge of...
Some of the post-change comments read 'Some Athlon laptops have really hugged PST tables', 'If you don't see why, please stay the hug away from my code', and 'Only Sun can take such nice parts and hug up the programming interface'.
Eventually LWN.net publisher Jonathan Corbet deflated most of the controversy by pointing out that Linux's new Code of Conduct applies to future comments but clearly indicates that it does not apply explicitly to past comments.
And Jarkko Sakkinen acknowledged that he had missed that part of the discussion.

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