Not condoning his behavior if these tweets are true but I think acknowledging his contributions to VIM is entirely orthogonal. Some will think this is the same

Not condoning his behavior if these tweets are true but I think acknowledging his contributions to VIM is entirely orthogonal. Some will think this is the same as "making it OK to be a harasser if you are l33t/important/rich/etc" but it's really not. VIM is a community project that he dedicated significant time and effort to at his own expense. It's just like a rich donor to some hospital and getting a wing named after them, it doesn't erase their sins but it acknowledges the good that person has done in that act. A person is more than their faults and trying to take everything good away from their memory after their death because of those faults doesn't sit right with me.