Ada Initiative bụ ọgbakọ anaghị akwụ ụgwọ nke chọrọ ịbawanye nsonye ụmụ nwanyị na mmegharị omenala efu, teknụzụ mepere emepe na omenala mepere emepe. E hiwere nzukọ a na 2011 site n'aka onye nrụpụta Linux kernel na onye na-akwado isi mmalite Valerie Aurora na onye nrụpụta ihe mepere emepe na onye na-akwado Mary Gardiner (onye nchoputa nke AussieChix, ọgbakọ kacha ukwuu maka ụmụ nwanyị na isi mmalite na Australia[1]). Aha ya bụ Ada Lovelace, bụ onye a na-eme ememe dịka onye mmemme kọmputa mbụ n'ụwa, dịka asụsụ mmemme Ada.[2] N'August 2015, Board Ada Initiative kwupụtara na nzukọ a ga-emechi n'ọnwa Ọktoba 2015. Dị ka ọkwa ahụ si kwuo, ndị isi nchịkwa nke Initiative kpebiri ịla n'ọrụ, na nzukọ ahụ enweghị ike ịchọta ndị isi na-anọchi anya.[1]
Valerie Aurora, onye bụbu onye na-akwado ụmụ nwanyị na isi mmalite, sonyeere Mary Gardiner na ndị otu Geek Feminism ka ha mepụta amụma mgbochi iyi egwu maka ọgbakọ[1] [2] mgbe a wakpochara Noirin Shirley na ApacheCon 2010.[1] Aurora kwụsịrị ọrụ ya dị ka onye nrụpụta kernel Linux na Red Hat na, ya na Gardiner, hiwere Ada Initiative na February 2011..[2]
N'afọ 2014, Valerie Aurora kwuputara ebumnuche ya ịla n'ọkwa dị ka onye isi nchịkwa nke Ada Initiative, ma guzobe kọmitii na-achọ ọrụ iji chọta onye ga-anọchi ya. Mary Gardiner, onye osote onye isi nchịkwa, họọrọ ịghara ịbụ onye ndoro-ndoro ochichi. Kọmiti ahụ, nke Sumana Harihareswara na Mary Gardiner na-achị, kwupụtara na March 2015 na Ada Initiative goro Crystal Huff dị ka onye isi nchịkwa ọhụrụ.[1] Huff, onye bụbu Luminoso na Boston, gara n'ihu na-arụ ọrụ site na Massachusetts na ọrụ ọhụrụ ya.
N'ọnwa Ọgọstụ 2015, Ada Initiative kwupụtara na nzukọ ahụ ga-emechi n'etiti ọnwa Ọktoba, 2015. [3] Nkwupụta ahụ kọwara ihe ịma aka ndị isi na-eche Initiative ihu: ọ dịghị onye guzobere ya bu n'obi ịga n'ihu dị ka onye isi nchịkwa. Dị ka post na ebe nrụọrụ weebụ Ada Initiative si kwuo: [1]
Anyị chere na ohere ịchọta ED ọhụrụ nke nwere ike ịbanye n'ime akpụkpọ ụkwụ Valerie dị ala. Anyị tụlekwara ọtụtụ nhọrọ ndị ọzọ maka ịga n'ihu na nzukọ ahụ, gụnyere ịgbanwe mmemme ya, ma ọ bụ ịghọ onye ọrụ afọ ofufo naanị. Mgbe ọtụtụ mkparịta ụka gasịrị, ụlọ ọrụ ahụ kpebiri imechi Ada Initiative n'usoro, ebe nzukọ ahụ ga-emeghe ihe ọmụma na nka anyị niile fọdụrụnụ n'ụdị a na-eji eme ihe na nke a na-agbanwe agbanwe. Anyị echeghị na ọ dị anyị mkpa ka ndị na-enweghị uru dịrị ruo mgbe ebighị ebi. Ada Initiative rụrụ ọtụtụ nnukwu ọrụ, anyị nwekwara obi ụtọ na ya.
E kwughị ụgwọ mbụ nke Crystal Huff, nke a mara ọkwa ọtụtụ ọnwa tupu mgbe ahụ, ma e wezụga ịmara na "na ụgwọ anaghị arụ ọrụ". [1]
Ọrụ niile Ada Initiative nyere bụ pro bono, onyinye ndị otu kwadoro nzukọ ahụ. N'oge ọkọchị nke afọ 2011, Ada Initiative malitere mkpọsa iji nweta ego mmalite na ebumnuche nke onyinye sitere na ndị na-enye ego 100. Mgbasa ozi ahụ mechiri ụbọchị isii tupu oge a kara aka. Onye isi nkwado mbụ nke nzukọ ahụ bụ Linux Australia, [4] onye nyere nkwado n'akụkụ Puppet Labs, DreamHost, The Mail Archive na Google. [5] Aurora na Gardiner bụ naanị ndị ọrụ, na-arụ ọrụ oge niile na nzukọ ahụ.[6]
Ọ bụ ndị isi asaa na-achịkwa Ada Initiative, bụ ndị na-elekọta njikwa ya. Ndị otu ahụ gụnyere Mary Gardiner, Sue Gardner, Amelia Greenhall, Rachel Chalmers, Alicia Gibb, Andrea Horbinski na Marina Zhurakhinskaya. Otu ndị ndụmọdụ nke ihe dị ka ndị otu 30 nyere echiche na ọrụ. [citation needed]
Na mmekorita ya na ndị otu LinuxChix, Geek Feminism na ndị ọzọ, Ada Initiative mepụtara iwu mgbochi iyi egwu maka nzukọ.[7] Ada Initiative rụkwara ọrụ na ndị na-ahazi nzukọ na-emeghe iji nabata, mepụta ma kwupụta ụkpụrụ iji mee ka nzukọ dị nchebe ma na-akpọ ndị niile bịara, ọkachasị ụmụ nwanyị. Nzukọ ndị dị ka Ubuntu Developer Summits na ihe omume Linux Foundation niile, gụnyere LinuxCon, anabatala iwu dabere na ọrụ Ada Initiative.[6]
Ada Initiative mepụtara usoro iwu maka ịmepụta Women in Open Source Scholarship na ntuziaka mmemme maka ọrụ na ihe omume mgbasa ozi. Nzukọ ahụ kwadokwara ogbako na ọzụzụ. [8] Ọmụmụ ihe na mmemme ndị a nwere Allies Workshops maka ndị ikom na ndị na-akwado ụlọ ọrụ na mmemme "First Patch Week", nke na-agba ụmụ nwanyị ume isonye na Free and open source software (FOSS) site na ntụziaka. Usoro ọmụmụ ihe ahụ dị n'efu, ọ bụ ezie na Ada Initiative nyekwara ndị na-eme ihe iji duzie ọmụmụ ihe ahụ n'onwe ha.[9][10]
Site n'ịgba ụmụ nwanyị ume itinye aka na omenala na-emeghe, Ada Initiative gbara ụmụ nwanyị ume ka ha tinye aka na-emegide onwe ha n'ọrụ na oge niile- ọ bụghị naanị dị ka ndị ọrụ afọ ofufo. Nzukọ ahụ mekwara nnyocha banyere ọrụ na ahụmịhe ụmụ nwanyị na-emeghe, na-elekwasị anya n'iweta nyocha ọhụrụ; nyocha ikpeazụ e mere banyere nguzozi nwoke na nwanyị na-emepe emepe emechara na 2006. [11] E mepụtara usoro nyocha na nyocha ọhụrụ na 2011. [12] Nnyocha ahụ meghachiri na 2013, na-enwe olileanya inye ụlọ ọrụ ahụ ihe enyemaka dị mma.[13] Nnyocha nke afọ 2011 kpọrọ ndị sonyere na nwoke ma ọ bụ nwanyị ọ bụla ma jụọ maka isiokwu gbasara ngwanrọ na-emeghe na ngwanrọ n'efu, ngwaike, eserese na-emegide, na mpaghara ndị ọzọ metụtara ya, yana ọdịbendị n'efu dị ka Creative Commons, ọrụ n'ịntanetị, mashup, onye na-eme ya, oghere ndị hacker na obodo ndị metụtara ya.[12]
Ada Initiative bụ onye nhazi nke AdaCamp, nzukọ "a raara nye ịbawanye ụmụ nwanyị na-ekere òkè na teknụzụ na ọdịbendị mepere emepe. " [14] E mere AdaCamps asaa n'etiti afọ 2012 na 2015 . [15] [16][17]
N'ọnwa Febụwarị afọ 2013, ndị na-ahazi nzukọ Security B-Sides San Francisco kagburu okwu Violet Blue, mmekọahụ +/- ọgwụ ọjọọ: ihe ọjọọ a ma ama na exploits, [18] n'ihi nchegbu nke Ada Initiative welitere na o nwere ihe na-akpata ndina n'ike, yana echiche Ada Initiative banyere isiokwu ahụ dị ka ihe na-abụghị isiokwu maka nzukọ nchekwa. [19] Mkpochapụ mberede ahụ kpaliri mkparịta ụka siri ike na ụlọ ọrụ nchekwa ozi.[20] Kemgbe ihe omume ahụ na B-Sides SF, onye na-ahazi Ian Fung akọwaala akụkọ ya banyere mmekọrịta dị n'etiti Blue, Aurora, na Ada Initiative na B-sides SF n'ihu peeji, na-emegide ụfọdụ n'ime nkwupụta ndị Ada Initiative na Blue mere.[18]