Hi all,
It has been communicated to me that the FSFE e.V. annual meeting discussed motions abusive to two volunteers. There were already some hints about this on the Fellowship list. In over 20 years doing free software, I've never seen anything so hideous. I sincerely hope that this email turns out to be fake news but I have seen enough evidence to suspect the reports are accurate. The two volunteers have been committed to Free Software throughout their entire professional lives. The nature of the motions are purely destructive and intended to cause personal harm. They bring no benefit to free software. The documents I've seen show only one thing: a vendetta. Multiple GA members have resigned. Other members and staff are contemplating a similar response. The resignations may not appear publicly but you will be able to detect them when their names are removed from the FSFE e.V. "Team" page: https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://fsfe.org/about/team.en.html When other organizations have pursued similar courses of action, including vendettas and other gross acts of bullying it has led to physical violence, suicides and other acts that have done far more than simply bringing the organization into disrepute. The information I've been shown suggests that some members of FSFE e.V. seek to take the organization down that path. People have speculated this vendetta is being pursued with the zealousness of the final solution, which is a horrible analogy but nonetheless it reflects the entirely destructive intentions. Abusing a volunteer is incredibly serious. There is no positive outcome, the only question is how much harm will FSFE do now. The organization will also suffer increased cost and inconvenience when staff members quit and sponsors withdraw. If these reports are true, then I would reconsider my previous call for Matthias Kirschner to resign, it would be better for the whole organization to be disbanded. Regards, Daniel _______________________________________________ Discussion mailing list [email protected] https://lists.fsfellowship.eu/mailman/listinfo/discussion
