To Sir, with Love: How To Get More Women Involved in Open Source (O'ReillyNet)

To Sir, with Love: How To Get More Women Involved in Open Source (O'ReillyNet)

>Thank you, this is the core of the issue- at the very least, don't drive away people who would like to contribute. It doesn't matter if it's a paid job or unpaid volunteer; there comes a point where it's just not worth dealing with chronic idiocy and hostile jerks. Tolerating toxic behavior is a big weakness in a lot of FOSS projects, and it's not like excluding the jerks is a loss anyway, because they rarely contribute anything useful.

The thing is, this issue really has little to do with women specifically. Being/tolerating toxic jerks will drive away otherwise willing contributors, period.

I guess this is one of my pet peeves -- people making something out to be a "women's issue" when, like most serious problems, it transcends gender entirely.

(feel free to substitute "women" with "religion X" or "country Y" or "arbitrary identifier Z" at your discretion..)