I don't think anyone feels like this is a huge deal, it's a small gesture. I think the biggest thing this gesture relates to is the inherent need for software to evolve alongside new ideas.
A topic that's much more impactful, but related in essence: Software that needs to evolve beyond binary concepts of gender. There is likely a lot of software written today that literally stores m/f as binary inputs. There's also a lot of software that stores peoples' names as fixed unchangeable primary keys instead of a fluid concept (names can change for a variety of reasons, but is often an overlooked need).
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I agree 100% with you, and every step is important.
At the same time I can't help but think that this is not some independent OSS maintainer we are talking about, but a corporation that is currently in business with an organization that literally put people in cages like, last week.
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I don't think anyone feels like this is a huge deal, it's a small gesture. I think the biggest thing this gesture relates to is the inherent need for software to evolve alongside new ideas.
A topic that's much more impactful, but related in essence: Software that needs to evolve beyond binary concepts of gender. There is likely a lot of software written today that literally stores m/f as binary inputs. There's also a lot of software that stores peoples' names as fixed unchangeable primary keys instead of a fluid concept (names can change for a variety of reasons, but is often an overlooked need).
If software can't change, what's the point?
I agree 100% with you, and every step is important.
At the same time I can't help but think that this is not some independent OSS maintainer we are talking about, but a corporation that is currently in business with an organization that literally put people in cages like, last week.
I hope they do not feel off the hook.
It's an insignificant1 gesture made into a cheap PR stunt2.
See points 2 and 3 in my post.Β β©
See the end of point 4 on the same post.Β β©