><i>This lack of diversity is unacceptable.</i><p>To whom? You can always start your own FOSS project and include more varied people/genders. You cannot dictate what others do on their own time/dime as a passion project/hobby.<p>Did these people attempted to get into OSS and failed, were not welcomed, etc?<p>That would be a criterion that makes sense. Else it's either a non-issue (they simply elect not to, for whatever cultural or other reasons) or an upstream issue (e.g. educational).<p>People feeling not welcome in some FOSS project can always start their own project (and be as inclusive as they wish).<p>If Lynne Jolitz could get into FOSS in 1992, others can do it in the much more sensitive and inclusive tech/general culture of 2021.
> This lack of diversity is unacceptable.<p>Open source contributors self-select. They have to put time in, usually for $0 and often without thanks. I don't know of any FOSS project who asks, or cares, about race or sex or anything else except code, or if the project is ill-maintained, at least your patch will get just as ignored regardless of your background.<p>The article reads like some (white) Karen who wants to talk to FOSS' manager, there isn't any.<p>If you think there should be more people sending patches or running FOSS projects, bring them, if their contributions are any good non-broken projects will be glad for them.
Since there are no barriers in open source, it has to be a self-inflicted problem. You can start just now. Pick a project or start your own. Not every developer contributes either. Aside from that anonymous open source contributions are plentiful, so maybe it isn't even true. I don't believe any barrier aside from the technical one exists here or even can exist because there is no authority that could keep anyone out.<p>> women and other gender minorities<p>Women aren't a gender minority.<p>> Enforced codes of conduct matter<p>I don't think so, you want OSS to cater to you. You sell yourself to companies that want to enforce compliance and you are the useful vehicle. This is why you get animosity, not because of your sex.<p>> has found that women strongly consider open source codes of conduct before making their first contributions<p>I dismiss this because there is no evidence at all.<p>> Open source leadership<p>You didn't even understand the concept.<p>> Zainab Daodu says you have to make an example of them.<p>I think I need to make an example of people trying to enforce some compliance or demands without any contribution, a common problem in OSS.
Good to see a piece like this. It is well researched and considered. This comment thread, on the other hand, makes me want to nuke the entire tech community from space.