[Video] Time to Acknowledge Debian Has a Real Problem and This Problem Needs to be Solved
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Hiding Debian Problems Is Not Helpful
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THE other day, shortly after a new Debian Project Leader had been elected, we took time to write about him rather than to him. But we kept it courteous, polite, and hopefully constructive.
We basically argued it would make sense to try to resolve conflicts and issues, not exacerbate these. Last night I decided to record a couple of videos about this; the first time I made a video about it I was talking about vicious attacks on Norbert Preining, who said in his blog: "The one single person within Debian who has worked for years to get me ostracized and thrown out of Debian is … Enrico Zini. Probably because I made a joke about him and his ridiculous statement “Debian is a relationship between multiple people” (how trivial can you be to be printed on a huge poster?), and me without knowing that his buddy Martina Ferrari is trans, criticizing them for spreading lies. Well … I should have known that doing this to a DAM (and back then also Anti-Harassment-Team member) could bring me into “devil’s kitchen”."
Today's (recorded last night) videos will cover: 1) diversity programmes; 2) dangerous precedents set with Debian's latest WIPO case, which (if Debian/SPI gets its way) will mean millions of sites are at risk.
Debian isn't about freedom if it carries on like this, in effect attacking free speech or the First Amendment (Debian started in the United States). Worse yet, what it keeps suppressing is any discussion about mistreatment of women. Consider Ulrike Uhlig's experiences inside Debian (she was a Debian Developer). It's worth recalling that her article "unpaid work" was unpublished after it had appeared (briefly) in Planet Debian.
Debian's culture of censorship will be dealt with separately in the next article (and video). █