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I think they are naive to leave Leah in any kind of position within this project. I'm not saying she is a government operative, but activist projects like this

I think they are naive to leave Leah in any kind of position within this project. I'm not saying she is a government operative, but activist projects like this that seek to end the potential for electronic eavesdropping via the IME are going to be at least spied upon, if not disrupted. And stirring up a bunch of crazy drama is a known controlled opposition technique. Like I said, I am not accusing Leah of being such, and I have no knowledge to make such an assessment of her. I just know that in my line of activism, someone acts a fool like that, they're out. Period.

tux3 10y ago
That sounds like a double-edged sword, since by those rules an Evil Attacker Organization™ could now get rid of key people by stirring up enough drama around them.
- Chaebixi 10y ago
  > That sounds like a double-edged sword, since by those rules an Evil Attacker Organization™ could now get rid of key people by stirring up enough drama around them [emphasis mine]. I don't think it is. It's one thing to have drama around you, but it's quite another to be the source or instigator of it. Leah Rowe is clearly the latter.
  - swsieber 10y ago
    Was, not is. I believe that's an important distinction.
    - DashRattlesnake 10y ago
      > Was, not is. I believe that's an important distinction. It is, but it's yet to be seen if this kind of dramatic behavior is behind the project's leader. It was all very dramatic and still very fresh. An apology is only the first step towards making it past-tense.
      - CodeWriter23 10y ago
        There is also the reality that recovery from addiction doesn't always take on the first try.
  - posguy 10y ago
    Another aspect of this is who wants to head up a project like Libreboot? Its a large time sink for minimal returns, as x86-64 is very locked down and likely unusable for future Libreboot targets, with ARM chips bypassing Coreboot (which Libreboot is a build environment for) entirely, instead using uboot.
mcnaughtonrules 10y ago
Epic top comment
- mcnaughtonrules 10y ago
  No longer top comment :(

tux3 10y ago

That sounds like a double-edged sword, since by those rules an Evil Attacker Organization™ could now get rid of key people by stirring up enough drama around them.

Chaebixi 10y ago
> That sounds like a double-edged sword, since by those rules an Evil Attacker Organization™ could now get rid of key people by stirring up enough drama around them [emphasis mine]. I don't think it is. It's one thing to have drama around you, but it's quite another to be the source or instigator of it. Leah Rowe is clearly the latter.
- swsieber 10y ago
  Was, not is. I believe that's an important distinction.
  - DashRattlesnake 10y ago
    > Was, not is. I believe that's an important distinction. It is, but it's yet to be seen if this kind of dramatic behavior is behind the project's leader. It was all very dramatic and still very fresh. An apology is only the first step towards making it past-tense.
    - CodeWriter23 10y ago
      There is also the reality that recovery from addiction doesn't always take on the first try.
- posguy 10y ago
  Another aspect of this is who wants to head up a project like Libreboot? Its a large time sink for minimal returns, as x86-64 is very locked down and likely unusable for future Libreboot targets, with ARM chips bypassing Coreboot (which Libreboot is a build environment for) entirely, instead using uboot.

mcnaughtonrules 10y ago

Epic top comment

mcnaughtonrules 10y ago
No longer top comment :(