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Community governance in a world where open source is increasing and privacy decreasing will necessarily require drama as long as emotions are involved. The art

Community governance in a world where open source is increasing and privacy decreasing will necessarily require drama as long as emotions are involved. The article raises questions in the controversy worth exploring in countless open source projects. I didn't encounter evidence cited by the ousting members in the article. Can you link to your sources?

tptacek 10y ago
You didn't encounter pretty much any of the other side in that article, which is not an accurate summary of the controversy. I'm not sure this article makes a good starting point for discussing this issue, and I'm not sure the issue itself is really worth mining to find a good starting point.
- ohbecause 10y ago
  The fact you didn't reply but chose to divert the conversation indicates to me you're either on the board of the DA or an Acquia employee, or (knowing the tight relationship between the two) more likely both. I have read every piece of information available to the public and there has been no evidence of any wrongdoing. What you're doing here is wrong. I hope someday you see that.
- ajsalminen 10y ago
  In a way it looks very much like just the same issue that has come up before with people getting banned from tech conferences for example: Should the beliefs a person holds that are unrelated to the community in question be grounds for ostracizing him from said community. I don't really understand why you think that isn't an issue worth discussing.
  - tptacek 10y ago
    I didn't say it wasn't an issue worth discussing. I said that the article we're commenting on is highly misleading. It would lead one to believe that the community is penalizing consensual sexual behavior, when in fact the concern has virtually nothing to do with his BDSM subculture.
    - ajsalminen 10y ago
      I don't think the article is that one-sided. It also raises another issue which is that the total lack of transparency even to the person being prosecuted is problematic. The comments from the DA side about this have been few and self-contradictory so that partially the reason the article is the way it is.

tptacek 10y ago

You didn't encounter pretty much any of the other side in that article, which is not an accurate summary of the controversy. I'm not sure this article makes a good starting point for discussing this issue, and I'm not sure the issue itself is really worth mining to find a good starting point.

ohbecause 10y ago
The fact you didn't reply but chose to divert the conversation indicates to me you're either on the board of the DA or an Acquia employee, or (knowing the tight relationship between the two) more likely both. I have read every piece of information available to the public and there has been no evidence of any wrongdoing. What you're doing here is wrong. I hope someday you see that.
ajsalminen 10y ago
In a way it looks very much like just the same issue that has come up before with people getting banned from tech conferences for example: Should the beliefs a person holds that are unrelated to the community in question be grounds for ostracizing him from said community. I don't really understand why you think that isn't an issue worth discussing.
- tptacek 10y ago
  I didn't say it wasn't an issue worth discussing. I said that the article we're commenting on is highly misleading. It would lead one to believe that the community is penalizing consensual sexual behavior, when in fact the concern has virtually nothing to do with his BDSM subculture.
  - ajsalminen 10y ago
    I don't think the article is that one-sided. It also raises another issue which is that the total lack of transparency even to the person being prosecuted is problematic. The comments from the DA side about this have been few and self-contradictory so that partially the reason the article is the way it is.