Debian women may leave due to 'sexist' post

Posted by Sander_Marechal on Dec 16, 2008 5:06 PM EDT
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At least two Debian women developers are reconsidering their participation in the GNU/Linux project following the posting of what they deem to be a sexist message to one of the mailing lists meant for developers. The message in question was posted on November 23 by developer Josselin Mouette to the list meant for important announcements for developers. One of the women in question, Miriam Ruiz, who became a developer in 2004 by joining the Debian Women project, told iTWire she had not resigned and did not plan to do so because it would send the wrong message.

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'sexist' post ColonelPanik 100 3,332 Dec 23, 2008 10:54 AM

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