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Re:Native technologists ask Apache Software Foundation to ch... by dvaun on Tuesday January 10, 2023 @11:53AM (#34327712)
The article outlined several reasons why the choice of “Apache” and its conception show classic errors people make by romanticizing indigenous cultures and then appropriating their terms or cultural symbols.
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Re:Native technologists ask Apache Software Foundation to ch... by password-234 on Tuesday January 10, 2023 @11:56AM (#34327762)
Now the question is, is it acceptable for people to be this sensitive?
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Re:Native technologists ask Apache Software Foundation to ch... by kelseyfrog on Tuesday January 10, 2023 @12:00PM (#34327837)
It's pretty easy to hold a mirror up to this question and ask, would you like to be told how sensitive you are allowed to be?
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Re:Native technologists ask Apache Software Foundation to ch... by password-234 on Tuesday January 10, 2023 @12:09PM (#34328005)
Sometimes people just need to be told how silly they are being. Also my post is regarding the OP specifically, nothing about other cultural appropriation or anything. Some of the arguments have actual merits. Arguing about Apache is not one of them.
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Re:Native technologists ask Apache Software Foundation to ch... by kelseyfrog on Tuesday January 10, 2023 @01:47PM (#34329522)
Care to expand on that? How do you determine which arguments have merit and which don't?
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Re:Native technologists ask Apache Software Foundation to ch... by fidgewidge on Wednesday January 11, 2023 @04:33AM (#34336720)
Children are told this all the time.
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