<div dir="ltr"><div>Hi everyone,</div><div><br></div><div>Below is what we hope is the final draft of the OSF's stance on Divisive Language. If you have any comments please place them on the etherpad[0] and/or join us this Tuesday during the forum[1]. <br></div><div><br></div><div>Please note that decisions related to what words should be replaced with are being left with the project's technical leadership with the knowledge that context is important to determine the best alternative. That said, the Diversity and Inclusion WG will be available to assist these groups.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div><br></div><div>Amy Marrich (spotz)<br></div><div><br></div><div>0 - <a href="https://etherpad.opendev.org/p/divisivelanguage">https://etherpad.opendev.org/p/divisivelanguage</a></div><div>1-<a href="https://www.openstack.org/summit/2020/summit-schedule/events/24778/divisive-language-and-what-you-should-know"> https://www.openstack.org/summit/2020/summit-schedule/events/24778/divisive-language-and-what-you-should-know</a></div>1a - <a href="https://zoom.us/j/94295083896?pwd=VmZCTFN3eERDK1ltRHRyWDl0eG1hZz09">https://zoom.us/j/94295083896?pwd=VmZCTFN3eERDK1ltRHRyWDl0eG1hZz09</a><br>1b - <a href="https://etherpad.opendev.org/p/vSummit2020__DivisiveLanguage">https://etherpad.opendev.org/p/vSummit2020__DivisiveLanguage</a><font style="font-size:12pt"><font style="font-family:Calibri,Arial"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,255)"></span></font></font><div>------------------<br></div><div><div id="gmail-magicdomid162" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-hz77zwpmpz66z65miz87zz66ztz77zz74z">The
OpenStack Foundation (OSF) Board of Directors supports removal of
wording identified as oppressive, racist and sexist by members of our
communities from the software and documentation they produce. While we
know there will be challenges, both technical and non-technical, this is
an action we feel is important.</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid163" class="gmail-ace-line"><br></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid164" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-hz77zwpmpz66z65miz87zz66ztz77zz74z">These
efforts are the responsibility of the various technical leadership
groups within our communities, and we trust them to make appropriate
decisions about applicability, timelines, minimizing impact to users and
operators, and choosing the changes that make the most sense for their
projects.</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid165" class="gmail-ace-line"><br></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid166" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-hz77zwpmpz66z65miz87zz66ztz77zz74z">Contributors
will take care to make changes to software in the least disruptive way
possible. While standardized wording is a laudable goal, we recognize
that different implementation contexts might require different
solutions. In many cases the work is also complicated by external
dependencies for these projects, and their capacity to make necessary
changes before we can implement ours.</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid167" class="gmail-ace-line"><br></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid168" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-hz77zwpmpz66z65miz87zz66ztz77zz74z">Terminology to which special attention should be paid includes:</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid155" class="gmail-ace-line gmail-list-start-number1"><ol class="gmail-list-number1" start="1"><li><span class="gmail-author-a-hz77zwpmpz66z65miz87zz66ztz77zz74z">The
use of "slave," or "master" in reference to slavery-oriented
relationships, as is currently found in databases, the domain name
system, etc.</span></li></ol></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid156" class="gmail-ace-line"><ol class="gmail-list-number1" start="2"><li><span class="gmail-author-a-hz77zwpmpz66z65miz87zz66ztz77zz74z">The
terms "blacklist" and "whitelist" in various contexts (which mightÂ
require a variety of different replacements to make sense for those
contexts)</span></li></ol></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid157" class="gmail-ace-line"><ol class="gmail-list-number1" start="3"><li><span class="gmail-author-a-hz77zwpmpz66z65miz87zz66ztz77zz74z">The
use of "master" in non-slavery-related contexts such as revision
control branches and documentation builds (pending feedback from our
community members)</span></li></ol></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid161" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-hz77zwpmpz66z65miz87zz66ztz77zz74z">We
shall continue to be vigilant for other language areas that cause
challenges and work with the community to evolve this policy.</span></div></div></div>