Group: Empowermentors/Bug List
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== General Language == | == General Language == | ||
| − | * Crippleware - | + | * Crippleware - Ableist language for "damaged good" |
| − | * Master/Slave (Hard drives) - | + | * Master/Slave (Hard drives) - Uses maste/slave relationship as analogy for pieces of hardware. |
== Software Names == | == Software Names == | ||
| − | * GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) | + | * GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) - Ableist slur |
| − | * Apache (A patchy webserver) | + | * Apache (A patchy webserver) - Play on words that has turned into branding around indigenous people |
| − | * Cherokee (An Apache alternative) | + | * Cherokee (An Apache alternative) - Riffing off of Apache |
| − | * Tomahawk (A music sharing app) | + | * Tomahawk (A music sharing app) - No reason to be named after the axe used by native amaricans |
== Bug List == | == Bug List == | ||
Revision as of 15:45, 15 August 2013
This page is for documenting issues of ableism, racism, cissexism, heterosexism, misogyny, and classism in free culture and technology, especially libre technology.
General Language
- Crippleware - Ableist language for "damaged good"
- Master/Slave (Hard drives) - Uses maste/slave relationship as analogy for pieces of hardware.
Software Names
- GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) - Ableist slur
- Apache (A patchy webserver) - Play on words that has turned into branding around indigenous people
- Cherokee (An Apache alternative) - Riffing off of Apache
- Tomahawk (A music sharing app) - No reason to be named after the axe used by native amaricans
Bug List
This page documents bugs in free software projects relating to racism, ableism, cissexism, heterosexism, sexism, classism, etc.
- Gramps relations should be gendered as an option, not as a requirement. Bug #0005730
- Each role in 0ad is raced and gendered, such that (almost?) all characters are white, and some "female citizens" exist which "inspire nearby males to work faster".
