I really liked Greg's response to the non-apology from the UMN researchers. Based on their communication, this research group does not have any idea of what have they done wrong.
At the very least they should have said: we're sorry, we won't do this again, and here is what we will do different next time.
But frankly, this research group should have been mostly apologizing for the way they communicated with the kernel group. Slimy, underhanded attempts to play the victim and use social pressure to silence the valid criticism from the kernel group. No excuse for that in my book. I suspect it's their internal culture that was coming through. They should be nowhere near the kernel or any other important software projects.
At the very least they should have said: we're sorry, we won't do this again, and here is what we will do different next time.
But frankly, this research group should have been mostly apologizing for the way they communicated with the kernel group. Slimy, underhanded attempts to play the victim and use social pressure to silence the valid criticism from the kernel group. No excuse for that in my book. I suspect it's their internal culture that was coming through. They should be nowhere near the kernel or any other important software projects.