On Mon, Jul 1, 2019 at 10:24 AM Russ Allbery <[email protected]> wrote: > > Gerardo Ballabio <[email protected]> writes: > > > Clearly, there must be a prior assessment that any particular group's > > values are aligned with Debian's values. > > Sure, of course. > > > And I don't think that this is, or should be, within the bounds of the > > Publicity Team delegation. > > I think this is probably the place where we disagree. > > That said, how *do* you want to handle this, assuming that other people in > the project do want to acknowledge important events for our community > members? For example, Debian has made note of Diwali in the past in > various ways (arguably less obviously than changing the logo, to be fair), > and it's been entirely uncontroversial. <snip>
I think a big part of the issue here is the fact that by changing the logo for only one group ever (presumably for one month out of every year?), all other groups are marginalized. Would the Debian community be willing to change the debian.org logo for any group who a.) submits a suitable image file and b.) is aligned with the Debian diversity statement? If not, then what are the other conditions, and who makes these decisions on behalf of the community? How do we ensure that Debian remains unbiased outside the realm of free software? (As an aside, I think having the pridemonth logo on the diversity statement page[1] sends the wrong message for this same reason.) How would the community respond if the logo were changed in support of a fictitious "Male White Anglo-Saxon Protestant Celebration Week", for example? According to the diversity statement, Debian welcomes individuals who fit in that group just as much as any other, and that group is strongly represented among Debian contributors. One other reason for some level of controversy is the lack of precedent (at least that I could find). [1] https://www.debian.org/intro/diversity -- Eldon Koyle
