An Open Letter to the Open Source Community

[Pete Ryland]

On 22/05/07, Mikhail Gusarov <dottedmag at dottedmag.net> wrote:
>
> Twas brillig at 15:16:18 22.05.2007 UTC+10 when Melissa Draper did gyre and gimble:
>
>  MD> As a Woman and an Open Source contributor, I see a number of behaviours
>  MD> within the Open Source community that are quite counterproductive to the
>  MD> community. Many of these behaviours often go unnoticed, and this is a
>  MD> shame.
>
> Please provide any facts (URLs to logs, e-mails, whatever) to prove your
> claims. Both your mail and report contain only feelings, not the facts. While
> feelings are very important, they do not create basis for fruitful discussion.
>
> Thanks in advance.

Sheesh.  First hit on Google for "linux women" provides this:

http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Encourage-Women-Linux-HOWTO/x28.html#AEN41

Pete