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>The first line of Mozilla’s governance[0] states, “Mozilla is an open source project governed as a meritocracy.” >The use of the term “meritocracy” to describ
by CapacitorSet 8y ago
>The first line of Mozilla’s governance[0] states, “Mozilla is an open source project governed as a meritocracy.”
>The use of the term “meritocracy” to describe communities that suffer from a lack of diverse representation is increasingly seen as problematic: it proceeds from an assumption of equality of opportunity.
Is there evidence that the assumption of equal opportunities does not hold for Mozilla? It seems to me that they went to great lengths to ensure equality of opportunities.
- hrktb 8y agoI don’t usually follow Mozilla, what efforts do they make that for instance effectively offsets issues of access to education or social discrimination outside of just Mozilla ?
- sanxiyn 8y agoThey don't; it's not their problem. I think addressing social discrimination is a great mission. But organization needs to focus, and can't address every great mission. Social discrimination is just not the focus of Mozilla's mission.
- hrktb 8y agoBut I guess that’s the point in rewording the mission. The proposal is to align the mission statement with something closer to reality, and give more leaway to adapt.