Francesca Ciceri dijo [Thu, May 03, 2012 at 12:32:03AM +0200]: > Dear Debian Developers, > > A recent discussion [1] on Debian Women mailing list made me realize that > the Debian Project, the community behind the *Universal* Operating > System, doesn't have a diversity statement. > The *technical* part of the project is already commited to diversity: we > don't accept (in our main repository) licenses which discriminate for > persons, groups or fields of endeavor (DFSG, points 5. and 6.). > IMO is time for a similar statement also for the *community* part of the > project. > > Below (between "----" lines) you'll find the draft of > the text to be voted. I'm not looking for seconds yet, but rather issues > in the proposed text. I'll call for seconds soon. > > At the end of the mail, a couple of FAQ about the diversity statement, > raised during the debate on -project, which hopefully will be useful > for peole who didn't follow the (one-month long) thread. > > Thank you for your attention, > Francesca > > ----DRAFT TO BE VOTED STARTS HERE---- > > The Debian Project welcomes and encourages participation by everyone. > > It doesn't matter how you identify yourself or how others perceive you: > we welcome you. We welcome contributions from everyone as long as they > interact constructively with our community. > > While much of the work for our project is technical in nature, we > value and encourage contributions from those with expertise > in other areas, and welcome them into our community. > > ----DRAFT TO BE VOTED ENDS HERE---- Thanks, Francesca, for the energy you have put into this important topic. I'm cutting your mail after the part that will be voted, as I think it's correct, but in any case I subscribe to the mail as a whole. I second your proposal for the GR.
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