The Rising Ethical Storm in Open Source
By
Coraline Ada Ehmke
The increased debate around ethical source threatens to divide the OSS community. In his book "The Structure of Scientific Revolutions", philosopher Thomas Kuhn posits that there are three possible solutions to a crisis like the one we're facing: assimilation, procrastination, or revolution. Which will we choose as we prepare for the hard work of reconciling ethics and open source?
Monday 1:40 p.m.–2:10 p.m.
The increased debate around ethical source threatens to divide the OSS community. In his book "The Structure of Scientific Revolutions", philosopher Thomas Kuhn posits that there are three possible solutions to a crisis like the one we're facing: assimilation, procrastination, or revolution. Which will we choose as we prepare for the hard work of reconciling ethics and open source?
Coraline Ada Ehmke
Coraline Ada Ehmke is an international speaker, writer, and developer with over 25 years of experience in software engineering. She was recognized for her work on diversity in open source with a Ruby Hero award in 2016. Coraline is the creator of the Contributor Covenant, the most popular open source code of conduct in the world with over 40,000 adoptions. In 2019 she created the Hippocratic License and the Ethical Source Definition, part of an overall movement to bring about an ethical revolution in open source. Coraline is co-authoring a book on practicing empathy in software development, and writes and records music in her home studio. Find her on Twitter at @CoralineAda or on the web at where.coraline.codes.
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