Re:Free Software Foundation Priority Projects
by vacri on Monday January 23, 2017 @12:28AM
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I've seen a lot of hostility online against people with non-european names. The idea that open source contributors are measured solely on merit is something of a fantasy. The canonical example here is contributors with an Indian name - they face a lot of social flak regardless of merit. No, not every project does it, but the ecosystem itself is somewhat unfriendly to such people.
> Please keep the social justice fighting out of free software
What are you talking about? The FSF birthed this movement, and was functionally based on social justice issues. If you pay any heed at all to the 'four freedoms', that's definitively 'social justice fighting'.
Re:Free Software Foundation Priority Projects
by ufo on Sunday January 22, 2017 @09:41PM
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I don't understand why trying to make the FOSS community more inclusive would kill its openness.
Re:Free Software Foundation Priority Projects
by hackuser on Monday January 23, 2017 @12:59AM
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> You know what I love about free software? It's ultimately judged on merits.
If you like things judged on their merits, no doubt you are a strong, vocal opponent of any discrimination based on race, nationality, gender, sexuality, or anything else not related to merit.
You know what I love about free software? It's ultimately judged on merits.
I use software everyday written by all kinds of people, many of whom I would otherwise have little in common with. I don't care about their personal lives, political opinions, or baggage. I care about what they've produced and vice versa. It's the ultimate level playing field.
Please keep the social justice fighting out of free software or you'll kill the openness that has built a worldwide ecosystem.