自由软件基金会计划举办一个小型峰会探索女性在自由软件中的作用

看来哲思社区里围观女性程序员事件并非偶然，FSF也计划研究一下这个问题。

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BOSTON, Massachusetts, USA -- Monday, August 24th, 2009 -- On September 19, 2009, Deborah Nicholson of the Free Software Foundation (FSF), Stormy Peters of the GNOME Foundation and Hillary Rettig, free software activist and author of The Lifelong Activist, will gather a small group of women activists, thinkers, and scholars to identify strategies and initiatives that will foster sustained participation by women in the movement.

As organizations representing an international movement to bring free software and freedom to everyone, the FSF and GNOME Foundation are seeking practical initiatives to increase the participation of women in the movement. Historically, women have been underrepresented in the technology and free software communities, and despite recent increases in the adoption of free software, the situation has not significantly improved. Deborah Nicholson said, "At the summit, we will discuss existing entry points, why women don't always feel invited, and when they do, why they don't always stay. Individual projects have found ways to make women welcome and we will look at some of these examples and discuss how to build on those successes. We will also identify new strategies and tactics to help create a balanced community."

Stormy Peters said, "The Women in Free Software mini-summit will be an opportunity to discuss how the FSF and the GNOME Foundation can work with the free software community to more effectively encourage women to participate, and to make policy and program recommendations to the FSF and the wider community to further this goal."