Hi all,
Three permutations of what we were told might be FSFE e.V. minutes appeared last week (example[1]). Two of them containing defamatory information. One of them had the name Matthias Kirschner in the document properties, but that is easily forged so it doesn't prove anything. Purported resignation emails[2] from two FSFE e.V. GA members were circulated. Once again we don't know if those emails are genuine. The only thing we can be sure of is that two people, Shane Coughlan and Hugo Roy were removed from the FSFE team[3] page. We don't know if they resigned or if they were expelled. Two surveys/polls were distributed. One includes[4] a link to my blog, the other even includes[5] my name. The former asks people to send me money. Please note I'm not asking people for money: I've previously suggested the best thing to do with your money is keep it in local groups or give it to developers you know personally. Hoaxes often cut-and-paste many things that are true to gain our confidence and then change some minor details to exploit our trust. For example, maybe the minutes are 99% true but the results of the votes have been changed. The poll with various links includes a link to an FSFE page about a Fellow who died but it doesn't include any proof that the same person gave the bequest. FSFE had 1500 Fellows at its peak, mostly white German males between 30 - 50 years old. Actuarial tables tell us that age group has a 0.2% rate of death: in other words, 3 Fellows die each year, so the probability that the named Fellow gave the bequest may be less than 33%. The use of my name, links and phrases cut-and-pasted directly from previous emails/blogs has prompted some people to assume I may have started the surveys/polls. This is exactly how a hoaxer would want you to feel. The only thing we can be sure of is that some people have a lot of time for these games. Regards, Daniel 1. https://lists.fsfellowship.eu/pipermail/discussion/2019-October/000401.html 2. https://lists.fsfellowship.eu/pipermail/discussion/2019-October/000460.html 3. https://lists.fsfellowship.eu/pipermail/discussion/2019-October/000462.html 4. https://civs.cs.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/vote.pl?id=E_cf5958c1e22be80a 5. https://civs.cs.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/vote.pl?id=E_498921e2e7e431e9 _______________________________________________ Discussion mailing list [email protected] https://lists.fsfellowship.eu/mailman/listinfo/discussion
