I'm also unsubscribing after sending this, sadly. I'm not a libreboot developer but am a happy user and, until now, was an avid tester.
I have little to no interest in politics or law and messages on this mailing list just make me cringe. Best of luck to everyone. -Bruno On September 25, 2016 7:01:17 AM CDT, Thomas Pfundt <[email protected]> wrote: >Hello everyone, > >with sadness, I am now unsubscribing from this mailing list. I can't >bear the daily rants and accusations anymore. Since this is not a >matter >of public interest, but something that needs to be investigated by >legal >authorities, no third party can or should expect to see any hard >evidence for either side in this any time soon. > >It has also been sad to see some parts of the community unnecessarily >pick sides and purposefully offending others, I personally would have >expected a more distant judgement from people engaged in the free >software movement, this does not count for everyone, of course. > >This situation was unfortunately handled inappropriately from the >beginning, starting with public shaming, taking impulsive actions in >the >name of the whole community and illeistic publications with political >demands to apparently involved parties. I do not seek to attack any >involved individual, but I can not identify with this behaviour at all >and do not approve the chosen path of "resolving" this issue. > >Concerning the "Future of Libreboot", since this project has publicly >moved from being an endeavour to develop software helping people free >their hardware to becoming a tool for political activism, I do not see >any future in it it, unfortunately. I am not a developer myself, but >was >very interested in the aims of this project. I was ready to obtain a >Libreboot-compatible machine and help with testing and analysis, but >without integrity in the community, this does not seem promising >anymore. > >I encourage everyone to continue supporting free software, because it's >an important task and I am grateful for the work that has been done by >all developers. My highest respect to anyone who contributed to this >project in any way. > >If this has all been a great misunderstanding or accounts were >potentially cracked and misused, please feel free to notify me >directly. >Otherwise, I'm out of here. I have to worry about family members with >serious health problems and this pointless negativity does not help in >any way. > > >Kind regards.
