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Open Source Initiative bans co-founder, Eric S Raymond:
Last week, Eric S Raymond (often known as ESR, author of The Cathedral and the Bazaar, and co-founder of the Open Source Intiative) was banned from the Open Source Intiative[sic] (the "OSI").
Specifically, Raymond was banned from the mailing lists used to organize and communicate with the OSI.
For an organization to ban their founder from communicating with the group (such as via a mailing list) is a noteworthy move.
At a time when we have seen other founders (of multiple Free and Open Source related initiatives) pushed out of the organizations they founded (such as with Richard Stallman being compelled to resign from the Free Software Foundation, or the attempts to remove Linus Torvalds from the Linux Kernel – both of which happened within the last year) it seems worth taking a deeper look at what, specifically, is happening with the Open Source Initiative.
I don't wish to tell any of you what you should think about this significant move. As such I will simply provide as much of the relevant information as I can, show the timeline of events, and reach out to all involved parties for their points of view and comments.
The author provides links to — and quotations from — entries on the mailing list supporting this. There is also a conversation the author had with ESR. The full responses he received to his queries are posted, as well.
(Score: 2) by Grishnakh on Wednesday March 11 2020, @01:22AM (5 children)
Who is this person? I've never heard of her. But admittedly I haven't kept up with open-source politics in quite a while; it was a lot more interesting and exciting back in the late 90s and early 00s, but then it seemed to lose its steam, plus Gnome and its culture of minimalism and non-customizability took over, and it seemed like Linux/OSS was basically taken over by corporations.
(Score: 5, Informative) by driverless on Wednesday March 11 2020, @02:04AM
Never heard of her either, but she's the author of this [contributor-covenant.org]. It reads like the Constitution of the Soviet Union, perfectly reasonable-sounding on the surface but then when it comes to how it's applied in practice...
(Score: 2, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 11 2020, @02:13AM (3 children)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coraline_Ada_Ehmke [wikipedia.org]
You can see from her "career" section on how her influence slowly spread.
(Score: 0, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 11 2020, @02:24AM (2 children)
The Personal life section also explains how he spread his influence.
(Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 11 2020, @04:58AM
So we got all the CoCs from a cock. Not surprised.
(Score: 0, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 11 2020, @07:36AM
I had forgotten, if I ever knew.
One look at the photo on Wikipedia makes the situation clear. The thing looks like a man with lipstick, probably because it is or was. In any case it isn't a real woman and never will be one.
It wants female pronouns. Many logical people would use male pronouns, which is a reasonable approach to the problem. I prefer neuter pronouns, because it is neutered and no longer fully human. Let's go with it/it/its.