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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."
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There *__is* intelligent life on Earth, but I leave for Texas on Monday.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by jmorris on Saturday May 05 2018, @07:05AM
I wasn't aware that anyone had started checking skin color or what was in your pants when you joined a mailing list and contributed code to a project. Who knew?
So everyone is just imagining all the Asian, Indians, Paks and other decidedly non-White people in our industry because bobthecimmarian says it is a white male privilege zone. Nope, it is one of the last meritocracies left, if you can do the work you can probably find a job in the tech game somewhere. Until quite recently you could most certainly find a place in the Open Source community. You will only get VC to found a new company if you are politically "safe" but that is all part of the fake economy anyway, everyone knows this.
Go elsewhere and wank endlessly about why some groups are underrepresented, lots of theories you could propose but why should we care? I gather it isn't as easy to break in without a degree anymore, but again that is a debate for elsewhere. It doesn't, in fact, require much to get into the industry. Anyone, repeat anyone, in the first or even second world can afford a PC powerful enough to learn to program. Anyone can contribute to Open Source, develop their skills, establish a reputation, and lever that into a paying gig, double so if they are from a "disadvantaged group" because of the open discrimination most companies practice to avoid being sued for discrimination.