0x5A: Gamergate's Free Software Connection

Note: Episode 0x5A was released out of sequence, but they are in the order of release date on faif.us (rather than numerical order).

Karen and Bradley discuss connections between the so-called
“Gamergate” controversy and how it relates to the Free
Software community and a few obvious legal issues.

Show Notes:

Segment 0 (00:37)

Karen asked if Bradley had heard of the Gamergate
situation. (01:30)

Matthew Garrett wrote a blog post regarding this topic entitled Actions have
consequences (or: why I'm not fixing Intel's bugs any more)
(10:23)

Mathew was attacked on
LKML about this blog post (10:50)

Lennart
Poettering also wrote an essay recently about aggression and attacking
people in Free Software communities. (12:12)

Karen mentioned the harassment
Kathy Sierra faced in the late 2000s. (13:00)

Bradley called out Linux Foundation to ask why they tacitly support
the bad behavior by its employees and others in the Linux Project (14:35,
31:10)

Bradley mentioned that Antti Aumo in his LinuxCon Europe 2011 keynote,
said that a great thing about the Internet of Things is that you can
put a lock on your fridge when the wife's on a diet. (16:32)

Bradley mentioned the Eddie Murphy's
Saturday Night Live skit, White Like Me, which
according
to the transcript, originally aired on 1984-12-15 on
SNL. (24:45)

Bradley mentioned FaiF 0x13, which discussed
torts and why they're important. (29:50)

Bradley wrote a blog post about Bradley
mentioned his blog post about John Oliver's discussion of the Miss
America Pageant (43:30)

Bradley suggested that Intel should have instead given the Gamasutra
money to Society
of Women Engineers Scholarship fund. (45:30)

Karen mentioned the statement
Intel published a statement regarding the situation. (47:10)

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