Hi Ian, I'll help answer that one: He is a long-standing volunteer who is one of the current Release Managers; He has also been helping me with system administration for the project and still has access to most systems to this day.
The fact that you are not aware of it just goes to show how disconnected you are from the community. Bringing in "the board" in an argument of authority is an asshat move: As you know, none of its members have had any active involvement with the project nor its community for decades. In fact, looking at the list of subscribers to @devl, I highly doubt that any of them aside from you are on it; Prove me wrong, let them manifest themselves and defend what, so far, can only be seen as an unilateral move from you. Over a year ago we had a conversation about your plans for Locutus and you shared your difficulties with finding a new/better name. I have suggested that you you take it to the community and ask them to suggest something. I can see that you have also discarded my views and concerns here as I haven't seen anything before your "Important Announcement". Regardless of the outcome I can't help but think that this should have been handled better. For the record, I am also strongly against renaming fred, especially to "Freenet Classic" which was the name given to 0.5 when 0.7 was released. NextGen$ On Tue, 2023-01-17 at 15:54 -0600, Ian Clarke wrote: > Steve, > > You're speaking as if you speak on behalf of the Freenet community. > Who specifically are you speaking for and what gives you the ability > to speak for them? > > Ian. > > On Tue, Jan 17, 2023 at 2:46 PM Steve Dougherty <st...@asksteved.com> > wrote: > > Hi Ian, > > > > I'm surprised. I'm not sure what to say, or what reaction you and > > the > > rest of the board expected. > > > > This is another demonstration of a complete disconnect between the > > board > > of FPI, and the community around Freenet. After giving up initial > > plans > > to name Locutus "Freenet 2" in the face of backlash, you and the > > rest of > > the board appear to now want still more of Freenet's brand > > recognition. > > The hope seems to be that the Freenet community, having not been > > consulted, and reasonably assumed to disagree, will undertake the > > effort > > to rename themselves the Freenet Classic community. > > > > I don't think this will happen. It would require buy-in, and it has > > none. > > > > - Steve > >
