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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 barbara hudson on Sunday March 15 2020, @03:55PM
I wouldn't discard it because you're cisgendered. That would be stupid, and if there's one thing I;m not, it's stupid. Stubborn, sure, but not stupid.
Had an interesting discussion with a social worker this week, and one of the topics we talked about was the toxic lifestyle of many in the lbgt community. More violence, more drugs, more chemsex, more tobacco use, Even the people who live in the "gay village" here because "it's safer" complain about the violence.
It's not safer. But saying this is "oh noes!" Same as pointing out that Pride is now useless, having become an occasion for politicians and corporations to gay-wash themselves being run by people just wanting to keep their jobs running the event.
Would I ever go to the gay village? Hell, no! The prejudice and outright hatred of gays towards transwomen is well documented. Wanting to live as normal a life as possible is seen as being a "traitor to the cause." Even though the goal is to be treated the same as everyone else - ie: "normal".
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