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During the 2009 women in FLOSS discussions many FLOSS developer blogs received comment from MikeeUSA which among other things defended Hans Reiser's murder of his wife and called for the repeal of many rape laws. This comment also specifically attacked two Geek Feminism blog authors and also Carla Schroder who was covering the discussions for LinuxToday and was highly critical of FLOSS's sexism.
Somebody once told me the world is gonna roll me I ain't the sharpest tool in the shed She was looking kind of dumb with her finger and her thumb In the shape of an "L" on her forehead
Well, the years start coming and they don't stop coming Fed to the rules and I hit the ground running Didn't make sense not to live for fun Your brain gets smart but your head gets dumb
So much to do, so much to see So what's wrong with taking the back streets? You'll never know if you don't go You'll never shine if you don't glow
[Chorus:] Hey, now, you're an All Star get your game on, go play Hey, now, you're a Rock Star get the show on get paid And all that glitters is gold Only shooting stars break the mold
It's a cool place and they say it gets colder You're bundled up now but wait 'til you get older But the meteor men beg to differ Judging by the hole in the satellite picture
The ice we skate is getting pretty thin The water's getting warm so you might as well swim My world's on fire. How about yours? That's the way I like it and I'll never get bored.
[Chorus 2x]
Somebody once asked could I spare some change for gas I need to get myself away from this place I said yep, what a concept I could use a little fuel myself And we could all use a little change
Well, the years start coming and they don't stop coming Fed to the rules and I hit the ground running Didn't make sense not to live for fun Your brain gets smart but your head gets dumb
So much to do so much to see So what's wrong with taking the back streets You'll never know if you don't go You'll never shine if you don't glow.
[Chorus]
And all that glitters is gold Only shootin' stars break the mold
Responses
- Mikee posted code on SourgeForge that contained comments opposing women's suffrage and women's rights. [1]
- The blog warned its readers about Mikee and included documentation of previous incidents: PSA: MikeeUSA’s hate speech and harassment
- Mikee's GPLed code was removed from Sourceforge due to a terms of service violation: Not in my neighborhood: mikeeUSA removed from sourceforge
- Mikee (using the alias Mikhail Kvaratskhelia) sent a letter of complaint to Eric Raymond, Richard Stallman, Linus Torvalds, and Bruce Perens about the removal of his code from Sourceforge.
- Eric Raymond blogged about the incident, saying it was acceptable for Sourceforge to enforce their TOS, but that Beth Lynn Eicher was unacceptably suppressing Mikee's free speech by bringing the TOS violation to Sourceforge's attention. [2].
- There are no known responses to date from Richard Stallman, Linus Torvalds, or Bruce Perens.
- After the removal of the code from Sourceforge, Geek Feminism bloggers posted the code in their own repository, with cleanup and removal of anti-women content: MikeeUSA’s code, now available on geekfeminism.org