Changing the master/slave terminology

[bopopescu]

For diversity reasons, it would be nice to try to avoid 'master' and 'slave' terminology in this repository which can be associated to slavery. The master-slave terminology could be problematic for people in several countries which has the history of slavery like Romania, USA and many others. Thank you for considering the proposal. Let me know if any changes in the PR are needed, I would be happy to implement them.

[dmparrishphd]

1. Which file has the stated terminology? Can you direct me to a related GitHub policy?
2. One idea behind the terminology is that, while many humans are today slaves to software, an aim of Ariadne is to put this right: it is the software that should serve the owner. The question here is not whether there should be masters and slaves, but who should be the master (the human owner of hardware and [copy of] software) and who should be the slave (the inanimate / mindless / unfeeling computer hardware and [copy of] software).
   3a. "master-slave" seems to be a defined topic on GitHub.
   pull.request.master.slave.1.pdf
   3b. "Master/slave" terminology seems to be fairly prevalent. Internet search: master slave hard disc
   3c. There may be a movement to replace such terminology today. I have browsed a few articles that link "master/slave" to racism. While racism and slavery have at times been linked, it is not necessarily the case that a particular instance of slavery is or has been racist. Indeed, it not hard to imagine a backup system in which the hardware involved is indistinguishable---only the roles are distinct.
3. "Slave 1" is the name of Boba Fett's ship.
4. RE: "Diversity:" I would appreciate respect and tolerance of the ways in which my language may differ from another's. See #Changing the master/slave terminology #2, 3, and 4.
5. RE: "Diversity:" Feel free to create your own branch with whatever terminology you like.
6. I have decided to avoid "changes" and "versioning," but to instead create new works that may or may not resemble previous works. For example, Ariadne 2b not only omits the terminology, but does not even have the related structure or control flow (that is left as an application).
7. I suppose I could be forced to change the terminology, in which case I will become the slave of a master.