An Open Letter to the Open Source Community

[Melissa Draper]

Mikhail Gusarov wrote:
> Twas brillig at 15:16:18 22.05.2007 UTC+10 when Melissa Draper did gyre and gimble:
>
>  MD> As a Woman and an Open Source contributor, I see a number of behaviours
>  MD> within the Open Source community that are quite counterproductive to the
>  MD> community. Many of these behaviours often go unnoticed, and this is a
>  MD> shame.
>
> Please provide any facts (URLs to logs, e-mails, whatever) to prove your
> claims. Both your mail and report contain only feelings, not the facts. While
> feelings are very important, they do not create basis for fruitful discussion.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
Mikhail Gusarov wrote:
> Twas brillig at 15:16:18 22.05.2007 UTC+10 when Melissa Draper did gyre and gimble:
>
>  MD> As a Woman and an Open Source contributor, I see a number of behaviours
>  MD> within the Open Source community that are quite counterproductive to the
>  MD> community. Many of these behaviours often go unnoticed, and this is a
>  MD> shame.
>
> Please provide any facts (URLs to logs, e-mails, whatever) to prove your
> claims. Both your mail and report contain only feelings, not the facts. While
> feelings are very important, they do not create basis for fruitful discussion.
>
> Thanks in advance.
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-women/2007-May/000864.html
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-women/2007-March/000700.html
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-women/2007-March/000701.html

And this is just the start.

However, let us not forget things like
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-women/2007-March/000706.html
which are far far worse and much more disturbing than the simple
problems I have outlined.

-- 
Sincerely
Melissa Draper

http://www.meldraweb.com

Phone: 0404 595 395
(intl): +61 404 595 395

P.O Box 1412
Lavington, NSW 2641



-- 
Sincerely
Melissa Draper

http://www.meldraweb.com

Phone: 0404 595 395
(intl): +61 404 595 395

P.O Box 1412
Lavington, NSW 2641