He has made his position clear, repeatedly, for years now. He’s heard the arguments. He’s been in debates over them.

But people will not stop bringing it up over and over again. They just had the kernel summit where it was discussed again.

I imagine he’s REALLY REALLY tired of people continuing to try to start it up again.

Given Linus’ stance that it’s just a tool, which makes sense as a position, it’s really odd to ban only that one tool especially when you know your ban is completely useless to “make a statement”.