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[–] 7uWqKj@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago (1 children)

There may be people who consider it a slur but there are also three species of butterflies, two species of mammals, and a few dozen Wikipedia-worthy people with that name. I mean, I’m all against insulting people, but come on.

[–] beyond@linkage.ds8.zone 9 points 6 days ago

This came up during the GPLv3 drafting period. Bradley Kuhn (whose surname is a homonym of this word) relayed personal experience. One commenter said they experienced being called this slur. It's unfortunately still a problem.