
Last update: 15/06/2021
Using inclusive language in programming
The Inclusive Naming Initiative aims to help create international standards for the replacement of non-inclusive and harmful IT language with neutral terms, and share them to both industry and public sector. The renewed sensitivity towards diversity, triggered by the “Black Lives Matter” movement in the United States, affected the open source (OS) community too. Ranging from the Linux kernel to Red Hat, the open source community all around the world kicked off a series of projects and initiatives to tackle the issue of offensive terms within the programming language and documentation. The IT…
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