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Delphine Lebédel

This document discusses women's participation in open source software projects. Some key points: 1) Women represent just 2% of open source contributors compared to over 25% of proprietary software contributors. 2) Mozilla has created WoMoz to help more women get involved in open source and Mozilla projects through meetings, communication channels, and opportunities to contribute to localization, testing, community building and more. 3) To better include women, open source communities need to address problems like sexist jokes and stereotyping, and create a more welcoming technical environment since products often reflect the backgrounds of their creators.

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Women in Mozilla & FLOSS
Some numbers ● Women represent just 2% of FLOSS contributors ● More than 25% in proprietary ● Slight > in proportion of women since 2000 - European FLOSSPOLS Survey, 2002-2005
Famous Women in FLOSS ● Mitchell Baker – Head & Chairperson of Mozilla Foundation, Chairperson Mozilla Corporation ● Satoko Takita – Chairman Mozilla Japan ● Ubuntu Women, GNOME Women, PHP Women, DrupalChix, Linuxchix, Debian Women, etc.
What about Mozilla? ● Mozilla now has WoMoz! www.womoz.org ● WHAT? meeting point open to all, where women can meet other FLOSS contributors (ML, IRC, wiki, blog) ● GOAL? Help contribute to FLOSS & Mozilla: localization, events, QA, evangelism, community marketing, development...
Some problems ● Technical appearance of FLOSS projects ● Discrimination – Sexist jokes – Repeated flirting – Stereotyped approach of their skills ● Communities mainly composed of men
Why a «women's» project? ● Products are the reflection of those who created them ● Too many men = reflects in outcome of created products (Web + software) ● Because we want the Web and computing to be more open & more representative of entire society
Questions ● How can we encourage more women to participate in FLOSS projects? ● Do you (especially women) feel something should be done about this subject? ● How can we help women integrate this predominantly male world? ● In your opinion, what is missing for a larger participation of women in FLOSS & Mozilla? Come and join us on womoz.org!!

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Women&Mozilla

  • 2. Some numbers ● Women represent just 2% of FLOSS contributors ● More than 25% in proprietary ● Slight > in proportion of women since 2000 - European FLOSSPOLS Survey, 2002-2005
  • 3. Famous Women in FLOSS ● Mitchell Baker – Head & Chairperson of Mozilla Foundation, Chairperson Mozilla Corporation ● Satoko Takita – Chairman Mozilla Japan ● Ubuntu Women, GNOME Women, PHP Women, DrupalChix, Linuxchix, Debian Women, etc.
  • 4. What about Mozilla? ● Mozilla now has WoMoz! www.womoz.org ● WHAT? meeting point open to all, where women can meet other FLOSS contributors (ML, IRC, wiki, blog) ● GOAL? Help contribute to FLOSS & Mozilla: localization, events, QA, evangelism, community marketing, development...
  • 5. Some problems ● Technical appearance of FLOSS projects ● Discrimination – Sexist jokes – Repeated flirting – Stereotyped approach of their skills ● Communities mainly composed of men
  • 6. Why a «women's» project? ● Products are the reflection of those who created them ● Too many men = reflects in outcome of created products (Web + software) ● Because we want the Web and computing to be more open & more representative of entire society
  • 7. Questions ● How can we encourage more women to participate in FLOSS projects? ● Do you (especially women) feel something should be done about this subject? ● How can we help women integrate this predominantly male world? ● In your opinion, what is missing for a larger participation of women in FLOSS & Mozilla? Come and join us on womoz.org!!