An Open Letter to the Open Source Community

[Micah Cowan]

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.

Women: "Community, we would like to bring to your attention the fact
that we have been experiencing counterproductive attitudes toward women
in the community. For this reason, please try be considerate and aware
of how you interact with the women you encounter."

Men: "Prove it."

:p

-- 
Micah J. Cowan
Programmer, musician, typesetting enthusiast, gamer...
http://micah.cowan.name/

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