[fredgrott]

What is strange:

First, both the accusers and the accused should have their day in court. It should not be debated any other way.

That being said the TOR project had an obligation to be transparent about this situation and failed to do so..

Some of us do in fact run open source projects and should we abide by TOR's example when we are confronted with the situation of accusations of illegal acts by a project contributor?

[y7]

Courts aren't about truth finding, they're about establishing whether there's enough evidence that a specific crime was committed. Something like Nick Farr's story[1] is, if true, not against the law, but it does display behaviour that can be really detrimental to a community.

1: https://medium.com/@nickf4rr/hi-im-nick-farr-nickf4rr-35c32f...

[hackuser]

> the TOR project had an obligation to be transparent about this situation and failed to do so..

You can't always be transparent.

* Publicizing a victim's rape, or their names, without their consent is considered publicly shaming them. It's a very bad idea.

* Publicizing an accusation against someone that you can't substantiate, especially something very damaging to their reputation such as rape, could be slander. You could be sued (and rightfully so).

* Publicizing any private HR issues is also often illegal and/or wrong.

[bsder]

> should we abide by TOR's example when we are confronted with the situation of accusations of illegal acts

So you fire anyone who gets accused of something? Hope you are a big fan of the Salem Witch Trials.

The US operates on innocent until proven guilty for a reason.