The Linux Foundation’s Alliance for OpenUSD “AOUSD” and the Academy Software Foundation “ASWF” announced today an updated Inclusive Language Guide.
These projects under the Linux Foundation announced a new Inclusive Language Guide as well as welcoming new members to the AOUSD such as Coca-Cola, Renault, and Accenture.
The Inclusive Language Guide used by the Academy Software Foundation since 2021 had already recommended replacing common references like master/slave, blacklist/whitelist, gendered language, and more. While the updated guide outlines some additional phrases that should be avoided/replaced by their open-source projects/developers.
New to the list of socially-charged language is “native support” that should be replaced to “core support” or “built-in support” as well as replacing “pow-wow” with “huddle” or “meeting”.
Deemed as ableist language to be replaced is not using “sanity check” but replacing it with “validation check” or “consistency check” or similar. Also recommended is not using “dummy” functions but instead referring to “placeholder”, “stub”, or “sample”.
Considered as violent language is not using the word “hung” but replacing such usage with “unresponsive” or “stalled”.
The updated Inclusive Language Guide can be found at ASWF.io. (Those wanting to see the 2021 edition can find that former version here.)
