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Linux Distribution "NixOS" drama: Moderation Team resigns in protest over Interference of Leadership; Elected Leader works for US Military Company, fearing alignment with US fascistic development (lemmy.world)

submitted 4 days ago by cm0002@lemmy.world to c/linux@programming.dev

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Short Summary of the Community Drama of the Linux Distribution "NixOS", so that you can get the big picture and form your own opinion with the provided sources.

Clarification of the "Steering Comittee" as Project Leadership

see https://nixos.org/community/teams/steering-committee/

Moderation Team resigns in Protest

Resignation Post, with examples of interference: https://discourse.nixos.org/t/a-statement-from-members-of-the-moderation-team/69828

Conflict due different interests:

the Moderation Team desires being independent. otherwise, they can't moderate the behavior of people in positions of power.

the Moderation Team is currently accountable to the Steering Comittee: https://discourse.nixos.org/t/a-statement-from-members-of-the-moderation-team/69828/6

Technical Leadership works for Military Company, causing Fear of Alignment with Facism.

Steering Committee works for Military Company https://discourse.nixos.org/t/sc-member-tomberek-works-for-anduril/68971

People in the community feel uncomfortable with that, since the US and its military are heading towards facsism: https://mstdn.games/@KFears/115275676459535171

The Steering Committee made a public Post about that, explaining the Situation: https://discourse.nixos.org/t/statement-on-a-steering-committee-member-joining-anduril/69007

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[–] scintilla@crust.piefed.social 7 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

Let's pretend that people who raise concerns about large contributors being fascists aren't told to shut up because they "do good work".

Btw I'm not your sport buddy.

[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 9 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

Thousands of FOSS projects that have nothing to do with Nazis but a couple that have some dickheads on them and now FOSS has a Nazi problem. I don't think that's a reasonable conclusion except in pearl-clutching minds.

And I'm not your buddy, pal.

[–] Maragato@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Brave is one of the best-known FOSS projects in the world of web browsers, and its leaders are MAGA.

[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 7 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Linux is absolutely the best known FOSS project and it's leaders are not Nazis.

Checkmate atheists.

[–] Maragato@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago

My message does not say that FOSS project leaders are MAGA, but rather that there are increasingly more FOSS projects with MAGA leaders, such as Brave.

[–] Cruel@programming.dev -1 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Their leaders align with the democratic plurality of the US?

WTF, I hate democracy now!

[–] Maragato@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

Using democracy to gain power and then eliminating dissent and democracy itself was already used in the last century by German politicians. ;)

[–] fruitycoder@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 days ago

Maga is a minority of US citizens. Just remeber Trump barely won half of the half of eligble voters that actually voted.

That said. Standing on priciples sometimes means fully opposing what the majority of people sometimes. Chattel slavery to child brides to the trail of tears were all at different points the "popular" (dominate and effectivly unopposed) positions at different times. They were also sick and twisted autrasties that stain the nations history with blood and traumas of innocents.