It's kind of convenient to blame lack of cancellation for the lack of diversity in tech over say hiring preferences of tech companies. This attitude reminds me of that post about github's use of "master" a few days ago.

No consequences for what? Stallman resigned 18 months ago. Did it make any difference to woman or "PoC" in the industry? How much positive discrimination, quota hiring and preferential treatment do you need before you realise maybe women don't want to be in this industry any more than they want to be in the bricklaying or ditch digging industry.