Rafael Avila de Espindola, one of the top contributors to the LLVM compiler toolset, has cut ties with the open source project over what he perceives as code of conduct hypocrisy and support for ethnic favoritism. In a message posted to the LLVM mailing list, de Espindola said he was leaving immediately and cited changes in the community.
LLVM project founder, Chris Lattner responded; "I applaud Rafael for standing by his personal principles, this must have been a hard decision." Lattner also insisted that "it is critical to the long term health of the project that we preserve an inclusive community."
(Score: 2, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 04 2018, @03:17PM (1 child)
In this instance giving person B the $400,000 appears morally justified. There was a specific harm inflicted on person B and we can even put a dollar value on it. I think many people would agree and there is not too much to question about it.
The moral arguments start when you give an unrelated third person ("person C") $400,000 because person C happens to have the same appearance as person B or whatever the situation may be.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by bobthecimmerian on Friday May 04 2018, @08:25PM
Your argument only stands if the current market is a nearly perfect meritocracy. But it's not, so all available evidence is that persons C, D, E, and F are going to get the same shitty treatment that person D did.
And I don't see the Anti-SJW Crusaders arguing that we should look up every woman, black, Latino, or otherwise that specifically got shit on by the tech industry and giving them money or assistance on a second chance.