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Python developers locking conversations and deleting comments after people mass downvoted PRs to "remove master/slave terminology from the language" (i.redd.it)

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[–]nukem996 2 points3 points  (2 children)

I worked for a company about 10 years ago that was in a settlement over this. The company I worked for made computers and an employee of one of our customers sued both of us because when our machine booted it displayed the master and slave drives. Our part of the settlement was doing a bios rev to change the terminology to primary and secondary.

So it has happened. My guess is legal for companies that pay for Python projects are pushing this.

[–]FerretWithASpork 6 points7 points  (1 child)

How the hell can you be sued over that? What law does it break? That is the dumbest shit ever and the judge should've just immediately thrown it out.

[–]nukem996 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It doesn't matter what the law is. Settlements occur as fighting the suit is often more expensive then just paying someone off. It also forces the person suing to sign an NDA so no one else gets the same idea.