I think if you read the comments in the link, it's pretty clear: changes regarding personal information were dumped on the community along with a bunch of legal

I think if you read the comments in the link, it's pretty clear: changes regarding personal information were dumped on the community along with a bunch of legalese without warning, an announcement, or context. Had the new maintainers given the community a heads up via a simple blog post explaining the reasoning behind this, we wouldn't be where we are. Hopefully they can chalk this off as a learning experience and move forward to gain trust of the community.