Women in Free Software

**ubuntp** · July 20th, 2005

http://dc5video.debian.net/2005-07-1...i_Onsoien.mpeg

Not exactly Ubuntu, but close. Might interest some of you.

**TravisNewman** · July 20th, 2005

anyone have a brief synopsis?

**charlieg** · July 23rd, 2005

Woah... 264 megs!

Oh well, I'm a patient guy.

**charlieg** · July 23rd, 2005

Originally Posted by charlieg

Woah... 264 megs!

Oh well, I'm a patient guy.

Ok, synopsis is a presentation, followed by a QA session, given by two of the 4 female Debian developers. I fast forwarded most of it (tut tut) but it seemed to be about how to improve the amount of female involvement in Debian and Linux.

**TravisNewman** · July 23rd, 2005

OK. I'll probably watch later on. I had totally forgotten about this! I'll get this before Plan 9 From Outer Space (which is now in the public domain and available from archive.org).

**newbie2** · August 10th, 2005

"One idea being considered is the creation of women-focused groups in some open-source communities, said Danese Cooper, a board member of the Open Source Institute and an open-source advocate at Intel. At least one such group, called Debian Women, has been created within the Debian community; So far, four women have joined the project because of that group. Creation of a similar group is being discussed within the Apache open-source community, she said."
http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.p...5783&p=2&pid=1