On Tue, May 23, 2023 at 9:32 AM Peter Czanik <peter@czanik.hu> wrote:
On 5/23/23 15:05, Patrick Shanahan wrote:
We finalized the CoC a little while back to try and avoid issues like this, but here we are. It is honestly saddens me that this mentality is still present, but if we are here already lets discuss.
"Celebrating one day and not others is not very inclusive" Everyone is free to submit artwork of logos - and other pictures - for different holidays which the mods of the different channels can change if approved and found appropriate. This was never an issue, and was always possible However, last I checked for example Christianity wasn't facing much oppression in the world, and didn't require much (if any) support. With that said it would be cool to have a Geeko logo wearing a Santa hat during the Christmas holidays :)
But I digress. By having the rainbow logo up on Reddit and Telegram our intention is to show support for oppressed communities, individuals, and to promote inclusion within the community. We do welcome everyone no matter where you from, what is your religion, or what you identify as. There are guard rails in place to protect everyone from attacks. And yes the rainbow logo proved to be a great way of filtering out toxic individuals with a non-inclusive, disrespectful behavior early on, this is not a secret.
* Attila Pinter via openSUSE Factory <factory@lists.opensuse.org> [05-22-23 23:11]: that is a "political" stance and should be completely outside any consideration for a linux distribution.
Fully agree.
You've forgotten that the development of Linux distributions are fundamentally political ventures. FOSS is not a technical choice, it's a sociopolitical and philosophical one. And when you're run by volunteers, signaling that we are supportive of people that are oppressed/marginalized and disproportionately part of tech communities ensure we are able to show the best people that we're welcoming to them to work with us. This is supported by our Guiding Principles and our Code of Conduct. If you don't like it, get over it or leave. This position is supported by the openSUSE Board for the whole openSUSE Project across all openSUSE venues. -- Neal Gompa (ID: Pharaoh_Atem)