Corey Dale Ehmke, who calls himself Coraline Ada Ehmke and dresses up as a woman, wrote up a document that he calls the Contributor Covenant. What is this, you might ask. First you need to know what open source is (most probably know).
Open source software is software which has its code open to the public, and everyone can take a look at it, fix it, add features, and contribute. However, in the last few years, there has been a large amount (up to 40 THOUSAND) projects which have accepted the Contributor covenant as their official code of conduct. If you don't follow it, you are kicked out.
Who is Corey Dale?
He is an actually mentally ill transsexual jew, and a self-described practicing witch inspired by black magic and kabblah. Very unstable guy all around. Here is his twitter:
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Also, pic related is him
Why does this matter to me?
The open source community is growing rapidly and involves some of the most used and most popular software in the world. Software such as Linux (powers most of the world's computers, including servers and a majority of phones), all open source INTEL projects, Ruby on Rails, and thousands more. It has been signed off on by many major liberal tech giants like Google, Mozilla, Microsoft, etc.
Why is it bad?
Read it for yourself: contributor-covenant.org
It allows moderators (often the most liberal) to silence and ban pretty much anyone they dont like, due to the vague nature of the document. Another reason is that Corey, the man who wrote it, wrote another document, "the anti meritocracy manifesto". Yep, you heard that right.
What can I do to help?
I don't know. I made this thread so you guys can help out. We have achieved incredible things so far, but this is one that seems to be the hardest. Post any ideas you have here and take action!
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