I see a real gap in #foss advocacy
there isn't any "protect kids in oss" groups, at least none I can see.
yeah theres rules in some projects saying you can't discriminate no matter on the age
but if you face a trust issue, then your basically fucked. Because the general advice is to meet people in person over a beer and resolve your differences
some people under 18 can't arrange that kind of trip cuz it's expensive and time and safeguarding
that is the real hypocrisy/issue in #OSS
@Teckids thanks a ton for agreeing with me
you must think the advice given to people "in the mud" is quite unrealistic for someone of a young age (me)
@Teckids
yeah, fair, but traveling to conferences may not be acceptable or available for every child (me)
that's why I said you would be fucked if you were in the mud.
because the criticism from the maintainers whom doesn't like you for example could follow into projects where you are completely new.
if you asked any maintainer of a foss project how to regain trust, they would say "to
meet people from a given project in person and work with that community
and be upfront about your past"
Josh Law
Teckids-Gemeinschaft