Hi Marc Jeanmougin,
I haven't been involved in Inkscape development for a long time, so feel free to ignore my answer at will. I'm here merely as a curious external figure.
2017-10-20 19:52 GMT-03:00 Marc Jeanmougin <marc@...3062...>:
The main requirement to /enter/ this program (apart from the requirements we already match, be an opensource program, etc) is that to show dedication to the idea of increasing diversity
So, I'm specially concerned about this part.
What does it mean to embrace diversity? In my dictionary, it is to give (i.e. to empower it) the individual — this post-larval insectoid species of ours — the (often forgotten) liberty to let them create their own worlds, their own realities (freed from the dominant culture that governed them until Hir adolescent age). I find hard to imagine anyone who would challenge this notion, as the opposite is logically unreachable (power all from above dictating what their insectoid properties must be and do... and still... do it differently from EachOther... refusing to take the orders just received... thinking for Thy Selfs and questioning darefullingly authority) and anti-CommonSense.
I grew up passionate with this idea of free software since I knew it. It was very natural for me to keep an eye on several communities gathered around these centers. And you see, Inkscape is one of the most embracing communities I've stumbled upon. Always very help-ful and dedicating generous time (that is theirs to do what they want, not ours) to baby-step any foreign New-Comer to find a place in our community where this temporary New-Comer could become a (semi-)permanent Citizen free to get Hirself entangled in endless spaghetti lines of source code, translating the most alien concepts into Hir native language or find Hir own other ways to engage in this diverse project of ours (but always with good company and chat on Hir side).
So, you see... I feel uneasy about your need to /emphasize/ our commitment To The Cause (never to the so-forgotten Individual). Why do you need to be so emphatic? Are you already predicting further demands from the power all above To The Cause at a later time? I feel particularly uneasy because, like I said, Inkscape is one of the more inviting communities I've stumbled upon, and then you come here to offer some seductive money (*)
(*) given we show some appreciation To The Cause, of course
To think of it — I beg your pardon — but it is so funnily incoherent that I cannot help Myself but laugh. You suggest that our demographics are on par with bigotry and racism, /especially on code/, but then offer some money to allocate people to work on projects that can be code-unrelated? You offer us nothing — it is what you're saying. The project is just the same with or without you.
Now, with the incoherence put aside...
How can we be sure that you're not (not-knowingly) involved in money-laundry from governmental institutions? I mean, by now it's pretty clear that the people who will receive the payment will not be creating relevant commits to our notable Inkscape. Also clear is that /all/ involved with this scheme are /very/ committed To The Cause. This seems like a good way to laundry money mucking the name that the Inkscape community dedicated so many years to make. I just can't take such proposal seriously (it's so funny).
In summary, you came here all-authoritative with the following commandments:
1. Hey guys, you all are too racist, /to put it mildly/ 2. But don't worry folks, because I brought The Solution. 3. After you accept me in your boat, the racism will go away, vanish, done. Capisce? 4. Also, I ask for a vow of loyalty and obedience. You must be faithful To The Cause (never to the Individual). We — I don't mean you, of course — may ask for a few little favours in the future, after all (but don't worry, it's very unlikely, just a formality). 5. Also, nothing I offered will actually do any changes to the problems I just attacked in this very first approach. So I expect to dominate you at long-term by exploiting your guilty (you don't dare to be Anti-Diversity, do you?).
Did I get it right? Would you put an end to my curiosity (as an external figure)? It's just... funny!