Group: Empowermentors/Bug List
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* Cherokee (An Apache alternative) - Riffing off of Apache | * 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 | * Tomahawk (A music sharing app) - No reason to be named after the axe used by native amaricans | ||
| + | * Volksempfänger - a Holo-themed podcast app with gpodder.net integration for finding podcasts, named after the cheap consumer radio sold during the Third Reich to spread Nazi propaganda. ([https://f-droid.org/forums/topic/volksempfanger-podcast-app/ src]) | ||
== Bug List == | == Bug List == | ||
Revision as of 16:19, 20 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
- Volksempfänger - a Holo-themed podcast app with gpodder.net integration for finding podcasts, named after the cheap consumer radio sold during the Third Reich to spread Nazi propaganda. (src)
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".
