On 14.10.2019 21:20, Alfred M. Szmidt wrote: > 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.
Of course it can. If a person belonging to group X knows that the GNU project includes a large number of people who are hostile to members of group X, which they show through their casual language and behavior, then the person is unlikely to become a contributor to GNU. > Trying to reach out to more groups is probobly better suited for > organizations like the FSF. The issue is not an active effort of outreach but rather an effort to not scare off potential contributors. > 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. There is no point in endorsing kindness when people vastly disagree on what kindness means. For instance, a lot of men evidently have very little idea of what a lot of women consider unkind, hence the continued issues with making women feel welcome. - Taylan P.S.: Please tell me if this discussion is continuing on a mailing list where it's on-topic, so I can move there too.
