I don't know if Debian women will read this post,but I've started this thread because of them,to show them a little support.I want them to know this;nobody will kill you because of what you do for open source and Debian especially,that was just a "threat" coming from a retarded mind and you really shouldn't worry about that.In my country people say;"The dog who barks doesn't bite" and in the figurative speech that would be the situation here.I can understand how you feel about these threats and that's way I will just say;Let it go.

Here's the story.

Not a Debian user, but I'm behind the Debian women too. Keep the faith and keep coding. It boggles my mind that some pinhead would threaten anyone for writing code. You just can't understand the illogic of their argument.

Unbelievable....It's idiots like this who are the real threat to free software.....Hope they'll be caught, soon.

:sigh: He's not the only one, there's many more like him

Why do people like this exist ... that's a good question. Hope the cops track him down and throw him in prison for death threats.

And you know that how? I read the article and apparently the worst perpetrator(s) remain unidentified. I mean it's true that no-one is likely to get killed because of their work in free software, but I'd contend that working in or being prominent in free software wasn't the cause of the threats anyway, but rather an arena for some opportunistic and very unpleasant people to express themselves, the real "reasons" being things like pathological disorders, personality disorders, mental illness and so on.

I got a feeling for that kind of things.Trust me,I'm right.

You've never met Hans Reiser have you?

What's Hans Raiser got to do with whatever I've said in this thread..... and that wasn't a question.

He is (was) a well known figure in the free software community who is doing time for murdering a woman (his wife). He's apparently also a "Nut" (see thread title). Seems relevant to me. At least as relevant as an announcement of special knowledge of the future based on a feeling.

You're wrong.

Thank you for pointing that out, I hadn't realised. Can it be explained or is your knowledge gained from a feeling? Strangely I just had a cup of tea and the leaves tell me I'm right. There's a conundrum.

He is a nut, his defence team is trying to make out that he is mentally ill in order to spare him jail.

However, and back on topic, the wonderful thing about being anonymous is that people with no power get to feel strong and powerful. Women will always be a target, some people just don't like it when a woman gets to be prominent or successful. Which is a tragedy.

Because this isn't a technical question, I have moved it to General.

I wonder if this is a problem in other open source projects or distributions...

Even though this tard needs help, I still believe that he is functioning enough mentally and that the insanity plea should be thrown out. I question anyone that pleads insanity because as far as I'm concerned whatever horrible threat and /or crime they did commit, they know they did it while they were in a lucid state, and just want to have as much of a lenient punishment as possible.

Even though this guy clearly has something against women, doesn't matter how 'insane' he is, as far as I'm concerned he knows what he is doing, and whatever psychiatric 'care' he may receive, afterwards he still should be put away for a long time.

Each time I hear of a case that has to do with either a threat, or something that the defendant has done that is so outrageous, I still question the whole insanity plea, that person knows what he/she did, and they should be glad I'm not a judge, cause I would outright reject their 'insanity plea' and throw the book at them.

I don't get it.

A death threat is a death threat - whether to a man or a woman...

So why do people always go so emotional when a woman is threatened? Is this something to do with the fact that we believe that women are less capable of defending themselves? Or does it mean that it's OK for somebody to threaten a man with death? Isn't that attitude as much sexist as the attitude that apparently these lowlifes themselves display?

I don't get it and never will.

These are not gender issues at all. On the other hand, these are crimes. A death threat is a serious criminal offence. So there's nothing to debate about this issue at all...