[CREATE] "Reclaim your tools". A film by Jakub Szypulka

[ginger coons]

> That calls for even more clarification :) How do you feel about it
> now, after two more LGMs? Have you become more like others, others
> more like you or was it a mutual motion towards each other?
>
>
Tough questions. I think (although I don't have much past experience to
compare against) that in the last few years, there's been a lot of movement
within the Libre Graphics community and specifically at the meetings,
towards both the involvement and the inclusion of people who don't fit the
traditional developer role. For me, that's meant that I've experienced an
awful lot of interest in what I do as a designer/artist/user/whatever and
have also found others who share my own outlook. Not only that, but I've
noticed (again, in my limited experience) more and more involvement from
people who are not the stereotypical 30+ white man many people might think
of in conjunction with F/LOSS.

At the same time, it's almost impossible for me to distinguish whether I've
become accustomed to the community or whether it's shifted. Although I think
it's a fair bet to say that there's been some of both. The important thing
here, as Helen pointed out, is that, in all this, I'm an example of someone
who, while at first alienated and put off, eventually persevered and came to
know the community for the generally nice and inclusive place it is. The
worrying possibility here is that maybe there are lots of other people who
feel that outsiderness and never get beyond it, depriving them of the
opportunity to discover the depth of opportunity available in the community
and also depriving the community of their potential contributions.

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