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Eric Steven Raymond (born December 4, 1957), often referred to as ESR, is an American software developer, open-source software advocate, and author of the 1997 essay and 1999 book The Cathedral and the Bazaar. He wrote a guidebook for the Roguelike game NetHack. In the 1990s, he edited and updated the Jargon File, published as The New Hacker's Dictionary. |
[[Eric Steven Raymond]] (born December 4, 1957), often referred to as '''ESR''', is an American software developer, open-source software advocate, and author of the 1997 essay and 1999 book The Cathedral and the Bazaar. He wrote a guidebook for the Roguelike game NetHack. In the 1990s, he edited and updated the Jargon File, published as The New Hacker's Dictionary. |
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In 2015, Raymond accused the [[Ada Initiative]] and other women in tech groups of attempting to entrap male open source leaders and accuse them of rape, saying: |
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"Try to avoid even being alone, ever, because there is a chance that a 'women in tech' advocacy group is going to try to collect your scalp."<ref>https://www.theregister.com/2015/11/06/linus_torvalds_targeted_by_honeytraps_says_eric_raymond/</ref><ref>https://archive.is/gZt1o</ref><ref>http://esr.ibiblio.org/?p=6907</ref><ref>https://archive.is/D5oe4</ref> |
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The Ada Initiative closed down in October 2015, a few months after these accusations were made. |
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Latest revision as of 11:30, 16 September 2025
Eric Steven Raymond (born December 4, 1957), often referred to as ESR, is an American software developer, open-source software advocate, and author of the 1997 essay and 1999 book The Cathedral and the Bazaar. He wrote a guidebook for the Roguelike game NetHack. In the 1990s, he edited and updated the Jargon File, published as The New Hacker's Dictionary.
In 2015, Eric S Raymond accused the Ada Initiative and other women in tech groups of attempting to entrap male open source leaders and accuse them of rape, saying:
"Try to avoid even being alone, ever, because there is a chance that a 'women in tech' advocacy group is going to try to collect your scalp."[1][2][3][4]
The Ada Initiative closed down in October 2015, a few months after these accusations were made.