People mostly create software with the objective that it be useful to humans. FLOSS has its own ideas about how software should be written and shared, but the o

People mostly create software with the objective that it be useful to humans. FLOSS has its own ideas about how software should be written and shared, but the objective remains the same. Market share doesn’t necessarily mean how much cash software makes. Firefox for instance was once a big, very useful open source contender in the browser market. I agree that there is a large number of arseholes in the open source software market and that it would be better for everyone if that problem were solved. There’s also a huge number of great people who I at least can thank for introducing me to the world of programming and open source as a kid. I’m also not completely white and western, and I never remember my weird-sounding name being a problem in these communities. I find that the focus on diversity for its own sake misses the point, and I haven’t yet seen any evidence that its encouragement matters to open source projects’ success. Why not just try and just make a nice environment and let the diversity come naturally if it wants to?