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Open Source Initiative Bans Co-Founder, Eric S. Raymond, from its Mailing Lists

posted by martyb on Tuesday March 10 2020, @11:51PM   Printer-friendly
from the quite-the-coc-up dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

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.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 12 2020, @04:46PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 12 2020, @04:46PM (#970285)

    A he/she generally implies that person grew up as part of that group and thus often has views different from the other group. It was nice to know that soylent had an outspoken female who could provide us with a female viewpoint on many issues. Apparently that's not the case and now I feel a little duped and betrayed. My trust in all posters who claim to be female, through either directly stating it or by using female related words, has gone down.

    Yes, it does matter how people present themselves because of all the expectations and assumptions underlying those words. Not being honest about your background hurts everyone.

  • (Score: 1) by khallow on Thursday March 12 2020, @08:31PM

    by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Thursday March 12 2020, @08:31PM (#970371) Journal
    If we used gender pronouns to determine exotic viewpoints, then Barbara would be more worthy of it than a mere half of humanity.

    My trust in all posters who claim to be female, through either directly stating it or by using female related words, has gone down.

    That's the common sense talking. Sounds like you owe Barbara a thank you.