Open Source Initiative bans co-founder, Eric S Raymond

Re:Open Source Initiative bans co-founder, Eric S Raymond by sam_lowry_ on Tuesday March 10, 2020 @05:46PM (#22540100)

Any idea who that may be?

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Re:Open Source Initiative bans co-founder, Eric S Raymond by jshevek on Tuesday March 10, 2020 @06:41PM (#22540652)

I glanced at the OSI page. I found someone who overtly stated opposition to core FLOSS principals:

>"Giving everyone freedom means giving evil people freedom, too." (OSD FAQ) It doesn't have to be like this.

It's time to stop bad actors from using our work in unethical ways. It's time to give open source developers around the world the tools they need to exercise their ethical responsibilities as engineers and members of human society. It's time for us to stop shirking our ethical obligations, and take responsibility for the use of our work.

From:

https://wiki.opensource.org/bin/Main/OSI+Board+of+Directors/...

Also:

https://mobile.twitter.com/CoralineAda/status/12294568573176...

(Edited to include her position in her own words)

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Re:Open Source Initiative bans co-founder, Eric S Raymond by zozbot234 on Tuesday March 10, 2020 @06:54PM (#22540782)

Yup, that's C. A. Ehmke. I'm not sure why she's so opposed to core FLOSS principles, even going as far as calling them evil and unethical; I feel like we're all circling back somehow to the bad old "Linux is cancer" attitudes from the 1990s.

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Re:Open Source Initiative bans co-founder, Eric S Raymond by thu2111 on Wednesday March 11, 2020 @06:18PM (#22551412)

She thinks she's a warrior fighting on the side of the angels, it's what gives her life meaning and structure. To be a warrior-for-good requires there to be evil people to fight. If there are evil people then they must be denied access to anything good. If open source is good, then evil people must be denied access to it, which can only be done via the licenses, which would make them not open source anymore, which open source projects will obviously reject. The only remaining solution is to try and manipulate people by manipulating the definition of open source.

The problem for people like Ehmke is there aren't really many evil people in society, and those who do exist tend to get handled by the justice system. So she just ends up picking fights with random people. She's bad news and anywhere she shows up is best recommended to evict her post-haste.

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Re:Open Source Initiative bans co-founder, Eric S Raymond by fourthark on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @09:31AM (#22604695)

FWIW this looks like her current summary of the situation:

https://where.coraline.codes/blog/ethical-source-osi-electio...

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Re:Open Source Initiative bans co-founder, Eric S Raymond by tropo on Tuesday March 10, 2020 @06:50PM (#22540734)

Looks like this one: "Ehmke, Coraline Ada"

She has done more than anybody else to cause destructive internal strife in Open Source software projects. Her being on the OSI board is simply appalling. OSI needs to be defunded and ignored if she can not be removed.

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Re:Open Source Initiative bans co-founder, Eric S Raymond by cgh on Tuesday March 10, 2020 @06:14PM (#22540393)

https://wiki.opensource.org/bin/Main/OSI+Board+of+Directors/...

He is referring to one of the people running for the board of directors whose major goal is to introduce Codes of Conduct into open source projects.

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Re:Open Source Initiative bans co-founder, Eric S Raymond by josteink on Tuesday March 10, 2020 @06:23PM (#22540474)

So someone who wants to destroy open source then, at the core of its foundations.

I can’t wait until this identity politics pendulum starts swinging back. Some people are going to be really embarrassed about the legacy they left for themselves while it was still around.

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Re:Open Source Initiative bans co-founder, Eric S Raymond by larrywright on Tuesday March 10, 2020 @06:05PM (#22540304)

I’m not going to post it here, but if you email me I will share it. My email is my HN username at gmail.

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