The title of this article is unfortunate in my opinion; I clicked it expecting a diatribe against open source. But in fact, it isn't.
To me, the relevant part is this:
> "This behavior, eminently reasonably reasonable on the part of any individual, results in a systemic failure, a tax on new open source contributors. [...] It doesn’t take egregious individual behavior to create a hostile environment."
So the causes aren't necessarily hostile behavior, and in fact there may be both permanent and temporary solutions to this problems. Therefore, a better title would be "How to encourage open source contributions" :)
To me, the relevant part is this:
> "This behavior, eminently reasonably reasonable on the part of any individual, results in a systemic failure, a tax on new open source contributors. [...] It doesn’t take egregious individual behavior to create a hostile environment."
So the causes aren't necessarily hostile behavior, and in fact there may be both permanent and temporary solutions to this problems. Therefore, a better title would be "How to encourage open source contributions" :)