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 <p>These two projects would help give rise to the open source movement. In fact in 1997 Eric Raymond published the Cathedral and the Bazaar where he contrasted proprietary and free software by describing Linux. Simultaneously the web was being born and this influential paper would help see the release of Netspace Navigator&rsquo;s source code. A few months later at a technology conference a vote would be taken and the phrase &ldquo;open source&rdquo; voted on.</p>
 <h2>Myth of Meritocracy: Misogyny and Racism in Open Source</h2>
+<p>A toxic underbelly has always grown with the Open Source Community. Much of the philosophy emerged from the hippie movement but took on a fierce brand of American liberalism. You see this in the original Cyberspace Manifesto written by John Perry Barlow.</p>
+<p>Many of the large maintainers, including Linus and Stallman, have faced consequences for overt sexist behavior. The concept of "meritocracy" and th idea that the best code would rise to the top was always a lie. First it takes time and money to work on stuff for free. That favors the privileged. Also louder voices can often think they are more correct. This favors male pattern discourses.</p>
+<p>A strong code of conduct is essential to an OSS community.</p>
 <h2>Rise of Open Education Resources</h2>
 <p>While the software community was giving birth to the open source movement the educational world would take these values and apply them to learning materials. These groups emerged from early efforts in distance and then online learning. The term was coined in 2002 at a United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization conference as:</p>