Diversity: Why open source needs to work on it in 2020 - TechRepublic

Publishing date: 2020-01-15

Published on: TechRepublic

summary: This article discusses the current shortfalls of open source projects in inclusivity and diversity. In 2017 a GitHub open source survey found that 95% of respondents were male. Yet open source tools could benefit if they better reflected the diversity present in the community using them. The article cites data from a “https://www.digitalocean.com/currents/december-2019/#anchor-the-community-of-open-source">Digital Ocean< survey that suggests reasons for the lack of diversity in the community.

authors: Matt Asay

link to paper: https://www.techrepublic.com/article/diversity-why-open-source-needs-to-work-on-it-in-2020/

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