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EEVblog:

--- Quote from: floobydust on March 08, 2022, 02:53:20 am ---No mention of the breach on their forums or blog or website.

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It is on their blog:
https://blog.adafruit.com/2022/03/04/a-github-repository-was-public-viewable/

EEVblog:

--- Quote from: thm_w on March 09, 2022, 10:11:48 pm ---
--- Quote from: magic on March 09, 2022, 06:51:07 am ---What are they using instead, then? :o

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Adafruit are still using the terms "Male/Female" and "MOSI/MISO".
Just on their site they choose to define MOSI as "Main output, secondary input". There is no "banning" of the word that I am aware of.
As usual, people want to get their opinion across and won't let facts get in the way of it.

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They were quite vocal about it at the time, and have made changes:
https://blog.adafruit.com/2021/06/01/adafruit-switching-default-branch-of-circuitpython-repositories-from-master-to-main/
https://blog.adafruit.com/2021/06/24/controller-and-peripheral/
and they have bloged about it often
https://blog.adafruit.com/2020/06/22/replacing-master-slave-terms-in-music-technology-musicmonday/
https://blog.adafruit.com/2021/06/12/micropython-updating-to-controller-peripheral/
https://blog.adafruit.com/2021/05/04/python-cpython-the-python-programming-language-repository-migration-to-main-on-github/

Just search "adafruit blog inclusive" or similar.
IIRC they made a pledge somewhere to remove it all from the website and documentation, but it's still everywhere.

And it's embedded into their CircuitPython code of conduct:
https://docs.circuitpython.org/en/6.3.x/docs/design_guide.html


--- Quote ---Terminology
As our Code of Conduct states, we strive to use “welcoming and inclusive language.” Whether it is in documentation or in code, the words we use matter. This means we disfavor language that due to historical and social context can make community members and potential community members feel unwelcome.

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thm_w:
OK fair enough, seems very extensive.

If they start banning the use of it on their forums, comments, or twitter, then thats going to far.

SiliconWizard:
I don't like this "inclusive" politics stuff either (and I do think this is actually promoting division and segregation in the end rather than inclusion and peace, but this is another story), but at least they acknowledge this is politics they want to promote, and they state it clearly. Now everyone's free to get on board with that or not, or to ignore it or not. It's not hidden.

floobydust:
As I remember it was a hassle looking for connectors. The usual search keywords were not working at that time, I'm assuming they also were affected.
I just looked now and Adafruit is using plug/socket, or male/female in descriptions, and mixes up those up (hint: it's the pins not the housing) but at least you can search and find some parts (search results).

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