I disagree with making "diversity" a goal. If the developers in a
specific free software project do not include demographic D, I don't
think that the lack of them as a problem that requires action; there
is no need to scramble desperately to recruit some Ds. Rather, the
problem is that if we make demographic D feel unwelcome, we lose out
on possible contributors. And very likely also others that are not in
demographic D.
There is a kind of diversity that would benefit many free software
projects: diversity of users in regard to skill levels and kinds of
usage. However, that is not what people usually mean by "diversity".
Common sense from RMS.
> I disagree with making "diversity" a goal. If the developers in a
specific free software project do not include demographic D, I don't
think that the lack of them as a problem that requires action; there
is no need to scramble desperately to recruit some Ds. Rather, the
problem is that if we make demographic D feel unwelcome, we lose out
on possible contributors. And very likely also others that are not in
demographic D.
> There is a kind of diversity that would benefit many free software
projects: diversity of users in regard to skill levels and kinds of
usage. However, that is not what people usually mean by "diversity".
Common sense from RMS.
Common sense from RMS.