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1.媒體來源：CNET

2.記者署名：Shelby Brown  June 16, 2020 7:42 a.m. PT

3.完整新聞標題:

Microsoft's Github is removing coding terms like 'master' and 'slave'

Github 正在移除一些用詞，像是 master 跟 slave

"It's a great idea and we are already working on this," said Github's CEO.

「這是個好主意，而我們正打算這麼做。」Github 的 CEO 如此表示



4.完整新聞內文：

In solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement, Github, a Microsoft-owned
company that provides hosting for software development, is working on
removing coding terms like "master" and "slave." In programming, the term
"master" can refer to a main version of a software project off which
variations are created.



※譯註：因為 master 和 slave 除了主從端外，同時還有「主人」跟「奴隸」的意思。

On Thursday, Github CEO Nat Friedman replied to a tweet from Una Kravets,
director of product design at Bustle Digital Group, about the tech community
taking steps to rename certain terms -- particularly, to switch that of the
default branch structure from "master" to "main."

星期四，Github 的 CEO Nat Friedman 回應了 Bustle Digital Group 公司產品設計總
監 Una Kravets 的推文，提到在科技圈中正有一股「重新命名用語」的風波，尤其是將
預設的分支結構的名稱從「master」改為「main」。

"It's a great idea and we are already working on this," Friedman tweeted.

「這是個好主意，而我們正打算這麼做。」他如此說到。

In an email, a GitHub spokesperson confirmed that the site is changing the
default branch name for new repositories away from "master," and making it
easier for users to choose their own default branch name for all new
repositories created. They also said they are releasing guidance and tools
for users who may choose to rename their default branch in existing
repositories.



Github's Twitter page posted that it stands with the black community and the
fight against racism. Comments flooded in in response, demanding that the
company terminate its contract with US Immigration and Customs Enforcement
(ICE). The agency's actions of splitting up immigrant families at the
US-Mexico border was widely condemned by tech companies. In June 2018, nearly
100 Github coders penned a letter to Microsoft saying they would leave the
company unless the contract was dropped.



Amid global protests in response to the deaths of black civilians like George
Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, Tony McDade and others, tech companies
like Apple, Google and Microsoft have voiced the need for racial justice.
Technologists are also looking at revising other terms like "whitelist" and
"blacklist." It's also been suggested that "white hat" and "black hat" be
replaced with "ethical" and "unethical."

在針對 George Floyd、Breonna Taylor、Ahmaud Arbery、Tony McDade 等黑人平民死亡



5.完整新聞連結 (或短網址):

https://reurl.cc/MvoZMn

https://www.cnet.com/news/microsofts-github-is-removing-coding-terms-like-master-and-slave/

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