Scribd Logo
Importer

Bienvenue sur Scribd !

  • Women in Mozilla & FLOSS

    Transféré par

    asd1fgh2jkl3
    5 vues7 pages
    This document discusses women's participation in open source software projects. It notes that women currently represent just 2% of open source contributors compared to over 25% in proprietary software. It highlights some famous women leaders in open source like Mitchell Baker of Mozilla. It introduces WoMoz, a community within Mozilla aimed at helping more women contribute to open source projects through localization, events, testing, and other roles. The document acknowledges challenges like technical environments and discrimination that can discourage women. It argues that more diversity is important so products better reflect all of society. It asks how to encourage more women and help them feel welcome contributing to open source.

    Description originale:

    Women in mozilla

    Titre original

    womenmozilla

    Copyright

    © © All Rights Reserved

    Formats disponibles

    PDF, TXT ou lisez en ligne sur Scribd

    Avez-vous trouvé ce document utile ?

    Ce contenu est-il inapproprié ?

    Signaler ce document
    This document discusses women's participation in open source software projects. It notes that women currently represent just 2% of open source contributors compared to over 25% in proprietary software. It highlights some famous women leaders in open source like Mitchell Baker of Mozilla. It introduces WoMoz, a community within Mozilla aimed at helping more women contribute to open source projects through localization, events, testing, and other roles. The document acknowledges challenges like technical environments and discrimination that can discourage women. It argues that more diversity is important so products better reflect all of society. It asks how to encourage more women and help them feel welcome contributing to open source.

    Droits d'auteur :

    © All Rights Reserved
    Téléchargez comme PDF, TXT ou lisez en ligne sur Scribd
    Signaler comme contenu inapproprié
    5 vues7 pages

    Women in Mozilla & FLOSS

    Transféré par

    asd1fgh2jkl3
    This document discusses women's participation in open source software projects. It notes that women currently represent just 2% of open source contributors compared to over 25% in proprietary software. It highlights some famous women leaders in open source like Mitchell Baker of Mozilla. It introduces WoMoz, a community within Mozilla aimed at helping more women contribute to open source projects through localization, events, testing, and other roles. The document acknowledges challenges like technical environments and discrimination that can discourage women. It argues that more diversity is important so products better reflect all of society. It asks how to encourage more women and help them feel welcome contributing to open source.

    Droits d'auteur :

    © All Rights Reserved
    Téléchargez comme PDF, TXT ou lisez en ligne sur Scribd
    Signaler comme contenu inapproprié
    sur 7

    Women in Mozilla & FLOSS

    Some numbers

    Women represent just 2% of FLOSS contributors

    More than 25% in proprietary

    Slight > in proportion of women since 2000


    - European FLOSSPOLS Survey, 2002-2005

    Famous Women in FLOSS

    Mitchell Baker Head & Chairperson of


    Mozilla Foundation, Chairperson Mozilla
    Corporation
    Satoko Takita Chairman Mozilla Japan
    Ubuntu Women, GNOME Women, PHP
    Women, DrupalChix, Linuxchix, Debian
    Women, etc.

    What about Mozilla?

    Mozilla now has WoMoz!


    www.womoz.org

    WHAT? meeting point open to all, where


    women can meet other FLOSS contributors (ML,
    IRC, wiki, blog)

    GOAL? Help contribute to FLOSS & Mozilla:

    localization, events, QA, evangelism, community


    marketing, development...

    Some problems

    Technical appearance of FLOSS projects

    Discrimination

    Sexist jokes

    Repeated flirting

    Stereotyped approach of their skills

    Communities mainly composed of men

    Why a women's project?

    Products are the reflection of those who created


    them
    Too many men = reflects in outcome of created
    products (Web + software)
    Because we want the Web and computing to be
    more open & more representative of entire
    society

    Questions

    How can we encourage more women to


    participate in FLOSS projects?
    Do you (especially women) feel something
    should be done about this subject?
    How can we help women integrate this
    predominantly male world?
    In your opinion, what is missing for a larger
    participation of women in FLOSS & Mozilla?
    Come and join us on womoz.org!!

    Vous aimerez peut-être aussi