Oct 14, 2019, 21:20 by [email protected]: > Since the GNU project is a software project, it has no gender to speak > of (it neither lacks one, or has one). So there is little point > trying to define it as some specific gender. And by virtue of being a > free software project, it cannot exclude anyone. > Being inclusive is something we have to work on everyday. It isn't given to us just because we slap a license on something.
> > Trying to reach out to more groups is probobly better suited for > organizations like the FSF. > Why though? GNU accepts the contributions and is the software community isn't it? Plus the relationship of FSF and GNU to my understanding is kind of up in there now. > > I think why the GNU Kindness Guidelines concentrate on how to be kind, > instead of specifying what is unkind is that the former is far more > positive, and happier to read than the later. > We don't need something happy. We need clear guidelines. People care if they are going to be respected not if they feel warm inside when they read something. Fannys
