They Tell Us Free/Libre Software is a Security Threat (Never Mind Proprietary Back Doors), a Licensing Risk (Never Mind Proprietary EULAs) and So Forth...
- Dr. Roy Schestowitz
- 2020-06-08 13:10:21 UTC
- Modified: 2020-06-08 13:10:21 UTC
Myth versus reality (shame -- like the religious concept of so-called 'sin' -- is a social control mechanism)
Summary: The tired old myth of overt sexism in Free software (never mind the trends in Computer Science or STEM disciplines in general) overlooks the simple fact that there are even greater barriers in the proprietary software world; in Free software any woman can participate (without having to pass job interviews) and the same is true for security, which can be assured/verified by studying source code, with the same applying to licence compliance...
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