FSFS2008 - 0.1
Free Software Free Society
Conference on Freedom in Computing, Development and Culture
| Speakers | |
|---|---|
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Raji P. R |
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Cheekay Cinco |
| Schedule | |
|---|---|
| Day | Day Two (2008-10-12) |
| Room | Policy/Culture Hall |
| Start time | 11:00 |
| Duration | 00:45 |
| Info | |
| ID | 18 |
| Event type | meeting |
| Track | Policy |
| Language used for presentation | en |
FOSS and gender
FOSS and gender – Women in development of FOSS and decision-making around it
The hacker culture's heroes are R. Stalman and similar relatively macho figures, while women are hard to find among them. This fact may have important consequences for women developers' perception of and involvement in the development of FOSS, which is alarming given that FOSS development often tends to be inspired by local community needs.
Research conducted so far on the hacker culture vs. women has been focusing mainly on European & US groups and has been conducted by researches from those regions.