Code by itself isn&#x27;t often very useful, the community around it is often far more valuable.  It&#x27;s hard to know if someone who&#x27;s committed antisocial acts didn&#x27;t leave landmines in code or is hard to work with when it comes to support of issues or community discussions.<p>Hans Reiser (reiserfs) is a murderer, and I think it&#x27;s hard to justify working with someone like that.