Who are you, and what on earth makes you think you have the right to demand any information from me?
I really can't believe you people, the narcissism is off-the-charts. Are you all children? Seriously. On Fri, Jan 20, 2023 at 12:02 PM <free...@nullvoid.me> wrote: > Ian, > > I have read over the last responses and there seems to be some items > that I would like clarification on, as well as some comments I would > like to add as a community member, node volunteer, and supporter of the > Freenet "fred" project. > > DuckDuckGo donated $25,000 several years ago, that money has still not > been allocated or spent, will it be spend along with the $100,000 grant > given to Loculus? Where will that money go? > > While the charity called The Freenet Project is your baby and passion, > it seems a bit unorthodox to do the following: > > Have an 18 month private discussion with one dev, claim you disagree > with his objections and overrule them. > Go to the board, and claim this is happening, in secret, with no public > proof of any opposing views being debated or suggested (names can be > redacted and transcripts posted as Speaker #1) or at least minute notes > of these meetings. > Announce over a mailing list you have not posted to in months, let alone > to FMS or Sone, that this change is happening and it's happening now. > Limiting any other devs or community members to engage in discussion or > presenting valid alternatives. (like you state Arne doesn't speak for > everyone) > Demand code to be changed to update these changes, (I don't see a pull > request from you) and magically hope that all documentation including > unmaintained one will follow? (how do you expect abandoned freesites to > update their language?) > > Please place yourself into the shoes of the community you were expected > to represent and lead, and realize maybe there was some mistakes made > here and more discussion should be done. > > While the core of this issue is just a naming decision, and not your > leadership style or actions. There seems to be a 20 plus year common > understanding that Freenet is Fred, and Freenet Classic is Fred 0.5 when > the network forked. > > Locutus is a new software project that meets very similar goals as your > charity organization. Maybe it would be best to create a new > organization to support the management and funding of Locutus, instead > of doing what feels to many as a "rugpull" from Freenet's community and > support. > > I fear that even with your declaration, many users and devs will not > comply, and as Freenet is uncensorable, and development can continue > over itself. I wonder how you will deal with a rogue project (in your > eyes) stealing the name as it continues to operate against your wishes. > > Respectfully, > -- Ian Clarke Founder, The Freenet Project Email: i...@freenet.org <i...@freenetproject.org>
