Why does open source have such a wide gender gap?

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English - January 20, 2021 05:01 - 29 minutes - 26.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 29 ratings
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Open source software is the infrastructure of the Internet, but it is less diverse than the tech industry overall. In this deep-dive on gender in open source, we speak to CMU’s Laura Dabbish and Anita Williams Woolley about what’s keeping women from participating in open source software development and how increased participation benefits society as a whole.