Comment by s_dev
4 years ago
I'm not sure it is experimenting people without consent. Though it's certainly shitty and opportunitstic of UoM to do this.
Linux Bug fixes are open to the public. The experiment isn't on people but on bugs. I would be like filing different customer support complaints to change the behavior of a company -- you're not experimenting on people but the process of how that company interfaces with the public.
I see no wrong here including the Linux maintainers banning submissions from UoM which is completely justified as time wasting.
I assure you that customer support reps and Linux maintainers are in fact people.
I'm not sure which form of ethical violation this is, but it's malicious and should be reported.
UoM generally refers to University of Michigan. You probably meant UMN.
It's experimenting with how specific people manage bugs.