Does anybody keep an index of all the lynchings in free software communities?
Whether RMS did something wrong or not, the trial-by-social-media-and-email process is abusive. Such processes are rigged against just outcomes in many ways. These lynchings have many downsides that are not visible online. See some of my recent blogs[1] about exposure to bullying: anybody who witnesses the lynching is weakened. Just a few weeks after the Debian Christmas lynchings, one contributor died, Lucy Wayland, age 46. The coroner hasn't reported the official cause of death so far, the hearing[2] is on 25 September. It is ironic that Debian's announcement[3] about the death emphasises Wayland's commitment to diversity when what we see today is people using diversity as an excuse to silence people they can't relate to. How did the community respond to blogs about abusive leadership? Censoring my blog from various Planet sites. Maybe this email will even be censored, I BCC'd a few other users of the mailing list in the hope that somebody will forward it if the original doesn't appear. Why does RMS get lynched, but Chris Lamb and Molly de Blanc can't be held to account for their conflicts of interest[4] when in leadership positions? Regards, Daniel 1. https://danielpocock.com/codes-of-conduct-and-hypocrisy/ 2. https://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/residents/births-deaths-and-marriages/deaths/coroner-and-inquests/ 3. https://www.debian.org/News/2019/20190308 4. https://danielpocock.com/mollamby-conflict-of-interest-privacy/ _______________________________________________ libreplanet-discuss mailing list [email protected] https://lists.libreplanet.org/mailman/listinfo/libreplanet-discuss
