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"Justine's views in unrelated areas are not relevant to this article."
And that is a problem Tech (corporate and Open Source/Free Software!) needs to fix: It absolutely matters that Justine Tunney uses antisemitic and racist dogwhistles as project names, that she publicly argued for fascist government by tech CEOs. I don't care about her technology at all if her existence is about destroying democracy. (It's still a stain on Mozilla to pay for for her llamafile shit). And Tunney isn't the only character that this logic is applied to.
We don't want tech build by racists, fascists, LGBTQ*IA-phobes and whatever shitlord we can find in some basement dungeon.
@tante Hey @corbet, it's been awhile since we met! You've asked to not discuss this on the article itself.
So maybe this is a better forum?
"Someone's stance isn't relevant." I don't think we can afford that anymore (if we ever could); e.g., to pick different example, the influence of anti-democratic/billionaire-owned companies on FLOSS, ...
I don't think LWN does the community a service by blocking those discussions.
Will this create strive? No. It'll make it *visible*.
@larsmb @tante @corbet In order for open source to continue and grow it must be inclusive. Knowing who the hateful folks in our community so that we can avoid them is important for that. Her main website hides all that and asks for money. I'd have been pissed if I discovered her views - which affect her actions - after donating to her.
@lyda 100%. That's a take I fully support, media should look into the background of the people they cover.