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by dismalaf 258 days ago
> let those accused respond.

Literally all we've heard so far is from the other side...

> If they have factual evidence, they need to bring the matter to a court

I'd be surprised if they aren't. This post feels very much like the amount of disclosure a lawyer would recommend to reassure stakeholders.

> rules of engagement that doesn't put rich corporations atop the whole ecosystem

Right now the only thing stopping us all from being held hostage by rogue maintainers is a rich corporation.

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The rogue maintainers have apparently been been successful enough with their stewardship for years to the point that people still use and care about the tools they had maintained today. On the other hand, the new maintainers sponsored by the rich corporation have managed to draw scrutiny immediately about how they became the new maintainers and apparently failed to effectively protect their new assets from a major breach within two weeks of acquiring them despite security being their main argument for why they should be in charge in the first place.