It was a unanimous decision by the kernel maintainers at the 8 October summit.
If you want to read Linus' take, this is his comment in the thread discussing the topic: https://lore.kernel.org/all/CAHk-=whTs09_ozN+e09GU68N1wPP56MUzDjrg9rnKxQUa0A_4Q@mail.gmail.com/
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