[Womoz] Article about women and free software

Thierry Noisette thierry at noisette.net
Wed Sep 30 23:07:26 CEST 2009


 > Thierry, could we consider translating your article into English for the
 > WoMoz blog please?
 > For example, we could send you the English copy for review before
 > publishing it (or whatever you prefer)

Waow, please do :-)

And yes, I'd prefer to review it before publishing, and I would just add 
to it the fact that the English text is a translation (and name of the 
translator(s)?), and a link to the original.


Delphine a écrit :
> Le 28/09/09 10:36, Thierry Noisette a écrit :
>> Hello everyone,
>>
>> an article that I wrote last night about the issue, after the meeting 
>> at FSF one week ago.
>>
>> My article (if I'm right, the title is "women miss free software, 
>> women react"?) is in French, but most of its links are in English:
>>
>> Le logiciel libre manque de femmes, des femmes réagissent
>>
>> Déjà minoritaires dans le monde des logiciels propriétaires, les 
>> femmes sont encore moins nombreuses dans les logiciels libres - moins 
>> de 2% des développeurs. Un déséquilibre auquel veut s'attaquer entre 
>> autres le groupe de femmes libristes qu'ont réuni la Fondation du 
>> logiciel libre et GNOME.
>> (...)
>> (http://www.zdnet.fr/blogs/l-esprit-libre/le-logiciel-libre-manque-de-femmes-des-femmes-reagissent-39707954.htm) 
>>
>>
>>
> Great article Thierry, thanks for writing about this issue!  :)
> It's really important that - amongst other "actions" - articles like 
> these are written regularly about the matter. It's a good way to start 
> making things change.
> 
> Thierry, could we consider translating your article into English for the 
> WoMoz blog please?
> For example, we could send you the English copy for review before 
> publishing it (or whatever you prefer)
> 
> I also wanted to take this occasion to tell to you all that we will be 
> announcing "officially" to the world the creation and existence of WoMoz 
> and its Website in just a few days  :)
> We'll be writing blog posts all over the place, updating Facebook and 
> upcoming Twitter accounts... and more! (we'll tell you what exact day in 
> advance so you have time to write a blog post if you wish)
> 
> So stay tuned, more fun is coming in soon!
> 
> Cheers,
> Delphine
> 


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