Hi RO,
Thanks - there’s a lot in here. I am grateful you surface these
concerns, I am sure many share them.I've tried to summarise your points
- if you feel I’m mis-representing them, please call me out.
1. You’re concerned that this change is a sop to the politically
militant, and that
Hi RO,
Thanks for sharing.
The post highlights distinctions between gender bias against insiders
versus outsiders. It has implications for projects that are predicated
on addressing this kind of systemic bias, such as Blind Code Reviews. I
would encourage anyone with an interest in the top
> 1. You’re concerned that this change is a sop to the politically
> militant, and that this is a slippery slope.
I believe the proposed change of language is intended to bring it in line with
a very specific political ideology/worldview.
> 2. The proposal itself is cosmetic and does little or
> We can still assert that women are under-represented in open source
> projects compared to the rest of the industry (see my last post) and
> that there are systemic factors behind that.
I would agree.
I support reasonable efforts to address under-representation and the systemic
factors behi
