[$] Code, conflict, and conduct

A couple of surprising things happened in the kernel community onSeptember 16: Linus Torvalds announcedthat he was taking a break from kernel development to focus on improvinghis own behavior, and the longstanding "code of conflict" was replacedwith a code of conduct based on the ContributorCovenant. Those two things did not quite come packaged as a set, butthey are clearly not unrelated. It is atime of change for the kernel project; there will be challenges to overcomebut, in the end, less may change than many expect or fear.