On Sun, May 23, 2021 at 3:24 AM Nicolás Alvarez <nicolas.alva...@gmail.com> wrote: > > El sáb, 22 de may. de 2021 a la(s) 21:17, Aleix Pol (aleix...@kde.org) > escribió: > > > > On Wed, May 19, 2021 at 9:57 PM Aleix Pol <aleix...@kde.org> wrote: > > > > > > On Wed, May 19, 2021 at 7:45 PM Martin Flöser <mgraess...@kde.org> wrote: > > > > > > > > Am Mittwoch, 19. Mai 2021, 10:34:26 CEST schrieb Christian: > > > > > Dear KDE community, > > > > > > > > > > KDE has been using the free services of the freenode IRC networks for > > > > > a > > > > > little bit more than two decades, and hopefully happily and > > > > > successfully > > > > > so. > > > > > > > > Thanks for informing us. This sounds horrible and must have been a very > > > > stressful time for all of you staffers. > > > > > > > > > Due to this leakage, Andrew Lee (former PIA/LTM, now shells.com) > > > > > learned of the new situation and asked democratically elected > > > > > freenode volunteers to step down from their position, as seen in the > > > > > logs linked on [4] [5] [6] > > > > > Therefore making the takover attempt and some details public. > > > > > > > > Given that this is driven by shells.com I think the KDE community > > > > should step > > > > up and remove all references to shells.com. Their behavior in this case > > > > goes > > > > clearly against our values. > > > > > > It seems to me that we are jumping to conclusions only based on hearsay. > > > > > > Today at the Board call we talked with Fuchs and Duffus about > > > Freenode. I've reached out to our Shells contact to see what's > > > happening and will be talking to them soon. > > > At this point the connection between this Freenode kerfuffle and > > > Shells is unclear to me, I'd prefer to understand what the situation > > > is before we ban them from our websites because they're somehow > > > related by blood. > > > > > > Aleix > > > > Hi everyone, > > We (Eike and I) had a short discussion with Shells's CEO and it > > doesn't seem like their relationship to freenode is all that tight as > > portrayed. I do not think we should fire them from being our sponsors > > or to try to work with us. > > > > This does not mean though that we should stay on freenode. If you ask > > me, our matrix instance has been solid enough for it to be the > > official way to join. If we bridge to one or another, I'd say it > > largely should follow wherever people are. > > > > This also does not mean that I believe Shells are above anyone else. I > > know they're observing this situation, let's see what they have in > > mind. They should be at Akademy, it's probably a good opportunity to > > discuss. > > > > Aleix > > Could you please clarify: is Andrew Lee the current CEO of Shells and > the person you talked to?
We talked to Alex Lee, the CEO. They are siblings. Andrew Lee is an investor in the company. Aleix