The Open source women back each other up program is not really a techy program, but rather:

1. a program I completely and utterly support because in the US at least it is really needed.

2. an interesting example of how the meaning of a techy concept, open source, is being contested. Or rather, how it’s metaphorical meaning is being contested. And I agree with one person who comments on the whole thing, the guy who came up with the “open source boobs” phrase should have been saying public domain. Jackass.

–And this is what started the whole tempest to begin with.

And while I will say like everyone else, this response of course is parody; I find it really really tempting sometimes.

The science fiction community–more fun than a barrel of weasels. Or ferrets. yeah.