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On Mon, Apr 16, 2018 at 10:42 AM, Daniel Robbins <drobbins@××××××.org> |
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> Will no longer be replying to this thread, if I can help it. |
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OK, I am going to post one more reply. Here's my opinion on the whole ban |
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situation. |
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This is the gentoo-nfp list, which is on Foundation infrastructure, and is |
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supposed to allow discussion related to the Foundation. ComRel is not an |
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entity that is accountable to the Foundation, and by banning me on this |
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list, you are infringing my right as a Foundation member to offer feedback |
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related to the direction of Gentoo Foundation. This is particularly |
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egregious as I am the founding member of the Foundation, and the project |
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that it oversees, and clearly my opinion holds some value, whether you |
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agree with it or not. |
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Therefore, I will consider any further action against me on this list, to |
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silence me or otherwise prevent me from expressing my views, as a violation |
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of my rights as a Foundation member and I would consider that as something |
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that I could pursue legally. One of the downsides of ComRel having no |
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accountability or tie to the Foundation is you really have no authority to |
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enforce any bans here. The CoC is not part of the Foundation's bylaws. |
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I am going to extend this to wltjr. Whatever you think of him, he is a |
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former trustee. His opinions and posts are important due to his experience |
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leading the Foundation in the past, and whatever you think of him |
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personally, he does care about Gentoo and has a successful track record as |
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a trustee. Therefore, I consider his ban to be inappropriate and frankly |
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disruptive to further improvements of the Foundation. If you don't like |
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something or other that he did in the past, then you will need to treat |
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that as a completely separate issue, and you can deal with that however you |
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want as long as it is addressed solely within your scope of influence, |
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which is "gentoo developer land." |
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I would also add that any Foundation members should not be banned on this |
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list. Really, any gentoo list or infrastructure -- but this list in |
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particular. However, you are free to enforce the CoC on GENTOO DEVELOPERS, |
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over whom the CoC has jurisdiction. |
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-Daniel |
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