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Seems like RMS's Achilles' heel is harassment towards women, over the years, even after being made aware of it politely by others. In that light, these are cla
by ip34162 6y ago
Seems like RMS's Achilles' heel is harassment towards women, over the years, even after being made aware of it politely by others.
In that light, these are classic reads on the topic (copy pasting another comment):
[1] Why are There so Few Female Computer Scientists (Ellen Spertus, 1991)
https://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7040 https://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7040
[2] How to Encourage Women in Linux (Val Henson, 2002)
https://tldp.org/HOWTO/Encourage-Women-Linux-HOWTO/ https://tldp.org/HOWTO/Encourage-Women-Linux-HOWTO/
[3] What Happens to Us Does Not Happen to Most of You (Kathryn S. McKinley, 2018)
https://www.sigarch.org/what-happens-to-us-does-not-happen-to-most-of-you/ https://www.sigarch.org/what-happens-to-us-does-not-happen-t...
[4] Unlocking the Clubhouse: Women in Computing (Jane Margolis and Allan Fisher, 2001)
https://www.amazon.com/Unlocking-Clubhouse-Women-Computing-Press/dp/0262632691 https://www.amazon.com/Unlocking-Clubhouse-Women-Computing-P...
[5] The Elephant in the Valley (by Michele Madansky and Trae Vassallo, 2015)
https://www.elephantinthevalley.com/ https://www.elephantinthevalley.com/
Also the news of RMS coming back seems to have been hidden from even FSF members.
https://twitter.com/fsf/status/1374399897558917128 https://twitter.com/fsf/status/1374399897558917128
- aerovistae 6y agoThese were really good reads, especially the third. Thanks.
- alexkarbiv 6y agoPatricia Torvalds uses Apple products.