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Re:FLOSS and Linguistic Diversity by esyir on Saturday May 15, 2021 @11:38PM (#27171002)
I think the opposite. More linguistic diversity in FLOSS means less accessibility. having a universal standard here means that if you want to contribute, you learn exactly ONE language, which also happens to be the so-called global language.

Conversely, in the linguistically fragmented scenario, you're SOL, as it's pretty unreasonable to learn N different languages.

Re:FLOSS and Linguistic Diversity by pauloxnet on Sunday May 16, 2021 @11:32AM (#27174333)
Actually in the article I proposed only to think to people that don't know English but want to be part of the community. I think accessibility increase if more people can contribute.
Re:FLOSS and Linguistic Diversity by CRConrad on Monday May 17, 2021 @08:24AM (#27182645)
Yeah, and what people are telling you -- which you seem not to quite want to understand? -- is that the best way for these people to become part of the community is for them to learn English.
Re:FLOSS and Linguistic Diversity by pauloxnet on Monday May 17, 2021 @09:27AM (#27183117)
I'm totally aware that the only way to become part of the community is to learn English, because it's exactly what I've done and I've written in the article, but I wrote also that this is not inclusive and the community can change this status quo.