Look up all the people most closely related to the FOSS movement. They’re all male. From Linus himself, to the whole set of FOSS early ideologues like Stallman, all men. Even in his early days, Torvalds was specially more aggressive than usual towards women, despite being rather progressive himself in almost every way. He’s still an asshole today but has gotten better with his misogyny. He is also a bit less edgy and cringe inducing. In the US in particular, women in FOSS is a rather big deal because of how male-centric and misogynistic their tech culture is.
Look up all the people most closely related to the FOSS movement. They’re all male. From Linus himself, to the whole set of FOSS early ideologues like Stallman, all men. Even in his early days, Torvalds was specially more aggressive than usual towards women, despite being rather progressive himself in almost every way. He’s still an asshole today but has gotten better with his misogyny. He is also a bit less edgy and cringe inducing. In the US in particular, women in FOSS is a rather big deal because of how male-centric and misogynistic their tech culture is.