> >>> "Offensive or overly explicit sexual language or imagery > >>> is inappropriate during the event, including > >>> presentations. [...]" > > If I had to guess, I'd say that this is part of a long-term > conversation in the GNU community about what makes it a welcoming > or unwelcoming place for women who hack free software.
Indeed. I would only add that there is no reason to bundle "hacking on free software" with "explicit sexual imagery." It is an inefficient use of our time as hackers -- and movement builders -- to limit ourselves to only those new contributors that are interested in both topics. Humour and being funny is definitly not an inefficent use of my or anyone else time. Both can be construed to be inappropriate by someone at some point in time. These policies as worded prohibit exactly that.
