Sharing my reflections about certain responses to the recent “A Call to Take Action and Confront Systemic Offensive Behaviour in the OSM Community”.

I am worried by those who claim to treat everyone equally while discriminating against those with fewer edits and other kinds of contributions to the OSM project.

I am also perplexed by those who claim to dislike identity politics, while taking pride themselves in being a craft mapper and long-time contributor, which is also an identity.

I think and feel that it is important for us OSM folks to collectively reflect on what we mean by “free and open” and move it away from simplistic and monocultural ethos and philosophies. Let’s do it.

Whose freedom? Whose openness?