The Debian Developers hereby resolve to redact defamation from all Debian infrastructure to the greatest extent technically possible, including a rebase of version control repositories to remove offensive content and malicious keychain demotions that were committed in the past. We feel this is an essential foundation to build mutual respect and it is also necessary for compliance with privacy expectations.
We recognize that all contributors of intellectual property to Debian have a joint interest in the Debian work that can not be extinguished by dubious assertions of expulsion. We recognize that the oppressive claim submitted to WIPO is comparable to the federal persecution of Aaron Swartz that led to his suicide in 2013. We withdraw the claim from WIPO immediately. We cease all expenditure on the WIPO conflict and use the legal budget to fund compassionate solutions to the problems in Debian and our community. Background: This is an anonymous motion that will be voted on if it achieves sufficient seconders. We can't insist on the privacy of debian-private while spreading smears in the Debian keyring. It is blatant hypocrisy. Debian has a crisis every one or two years and each time it is handled really badly. We need to put aside these negative tactics, never use them again and commit to finding positive strategies for dealing with conflict.
