Hey if you put a DEI policy in your open source projects, the feds can't use it now right?
@munin Oh, this is just like using AGPL against certain tech companies. I like.
@hillu @munin Ah, you beat me to it. 😉
@munin If that doesn't help, add a required parameter equity=True to some constructors.
@munin Gonna license my next project by saying you need to be trans to use it
@foone @munin putting in my contribution guidelines that your pull request won’t be accepted unless you can prove you were wearing striped thigh highs

@puppygirlhornypost2 @foone

"Only pull requests from organizations with a public DEI policy will be accepted"

@munin @foone Only pull requests from organizations that extend their pride branding to their Middle Eastern customers
@munin @foone my identity is not a marketing tactic, put some skin in the game then we can talk

@munin forget requiring a Jira ticket in your comment - link to dei program on your web site.

@puppygirlhornypost2 @foone

@puppygirlhornypost2 @munin it's a standard proof-of-attire system, yes.

I'm tempted to make an analytical AI system to determine if a given picture contains striped thigh-highs, for use in a git hook

@munin I think you can do that with the CoC, no need to modify a license.

@munin @remotenemesis the only way to do this such that an agency couldn’t just easily remove the concepts is to use license terms. I see two ways to do that

  • Make a non-open-source license, restrict use by any org with an anti-DEI stance. This does create some new problems, but is likely to be effective

  • Make a license that requires any use or distribution (AGPL-style) to include the “STATEMENT_OF_VALUES.md” file, which contains a statement in support of diversity.

  • I favor (2), because it keeps it open-source. You can’t stop the government from ignoring the license, but you could at least make it so they’d be breaking the law to use it.

    @munin Well, they are still corrupt self-interested hypocrites 🤷‍♀️
    @munin wasn't there something about how if you put a donation link with a "recommended" amount they legally have to pay it
    @munin where's the curl guy when you need him
    @munin assuming the feds follow the law, which seems like a stretch

    @efi

    lol you have it backwards - it's nowt legal; it's putting "problematic" terms in the codebase so the commissariat will punish anyone in gov who introduces it.

    Basically hijacking an autoimmune response.

    @munin im not sure that works like that
    @efi @munin
    probably doesn't yet, that's why it's the perfect time to start doing it.
    @munin All namespaces must include "DEI", "woke", or "cis".