Re: [PATCH] #CleanUp non-gender-neutral README

From: Sarah Sharp
Date: Sun Mar 23 2014 - 22:41:10 EST


http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/c-plus-equality-c

Don't feed the trolls.

> From: Feminist-Software-Foundation
> <feministsoftwarefoundation@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> This patch started as an effort inspired by EthicalCode's #CleanUpGitHub
> project <http://ethicalco.de/events/cughinfo/> to find and replace
> either hateful, hurtful or discriminatory text in GitHub repositories.
> The Linux kernel, being the de facto crown jewel of FOSS, deserves
> better than to conform to non-gender-neutral pronouns and articles in
> its README. This patch rectifies that.
>
> We are the Feminist Software Foundation. We are the inventor of C+=,
> world's first feminist programming language
> <https://github.com/Feminist-Software-Foundation/C-plus-Equality>). As
> our latest effort, we are lending our help to a very popular feminist
> phenomenon in the programming scene: purging popular FOSS repositories
> of their Patriarchal influences.
>
> As reported by several developers, Linux's kernel development does not
> follow the activities on GitHub. Whereby, we are submitting this patch
> to the LKML in hope that this will garner a more professional response,
> in contrast to the blatant sexism and booing that this patch has
> received from the GitHub brogrammer community.
>
> Singed-off-by: Feminist-Software-Foundation
> <feministsoftwarefoundation@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> --- README.orig 2014-03-24 00:28:33.506830489 +0000
> +++ README 2014-03-24 00:27:37.754554028 +0000
> @@ -1,64 +1,64 @@
> Linux kernel release 3.x <http://kernel.org/>
>
> -These are the release notes for Linux version 3. Read them carefully,
> -as they tell you what this is all about, explain how to install the
> +These are xhe release notes for Linux version 3. Read xhem carefully,
> +as xhey tell you what this is all about, explain how to install xhe
> kernel, and what to do if something goes wrong.
>
> WHAT IS LINUX?
>
> - Linux is a clone of the operating system Unix, written from scratch
> by
> + Linux is a clone of xhe operating system Unix, written from scratch
> by
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