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I was lurking on reddit and found out this post, I guess from the owner of @[email protected] .

I really hope that they will find a solution, I think that a lot of people depend on the good state of F-droid

  • lgsp@feddit.itOP
    372·
    10 months ago

    Thats a reddit link

    that was my source, but anyway I will copy-paste the simplified explanation (the one I understood, btw)

    I might be oversimplifying, but here goes.

    The Board Community Council reached a decision on something (namely, giving members of the Community Council further direct GitLab access); Hans happens to be the one currently endowed with Owner privileges on GitLab aside from Ciaran; Hans refused to implement the decision, while arguing that the decision hadn’t been clearly taken, that the meeting minutes didn’t specify it, or such technicalities. The Community Council clearly disagreed with that view, and, seeing that they are in theory given the ability to make such decisions, but that in practice, Hans has the technical privileges to block, override, and trump them, they considered it a farce, and resigned from the Community Council, as well as leaving the F-Droid project in its entirety (except for Izzy, who however also resigned and signed the statement I link in the OP, and who is taking an indefinite break).

    I guess they didn’t realize, and didn’t like, that their project was being run by a self-appointed leader rather than by the structures that had just been carefully put in place to avoid having unclear leadership.

    from the commento of the OP here https://www.reddit.com/r/fossdroid/comments/18aq3x6/comment/kbzu7e9/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3

    • sabreW4K3@lemmy.tfEnglish
      20·
      10 months ago

      That’s such a shame. From what I can gather, Izzy really cares about FOSS software. This will be a massive loss. But if we’re honest, how can two thirds of the board quit rather than just the one person that’s causing problems?

      • Johannes Jacobs@lemmy.jhjacobs.nl
        101·
        10 months ago

        Well, i would imagine if hes the only one who has administrative access to the gitlab environment, then basicly he can do as he pleases and anyone on the board cant stop him anyway (if they cant remove him from gitlab because they have no administrative rights), so all they can do is quit.

        Thats what i think :)

        • CosmicTurtle@lemmy.worldEnglish
          12·
          10 months ago

          I’m not super familiar with the situation but very familiar with how boards work.

          Anyone know why the board resigned instead of pursuing legal action? Unless the gitlab instance was in the admins actual name, it belongs to the org. A restraining order removing the admin would be enough for gitlab proper to remove the guy and install someone else.

          While most courts don’t know a lot about technology, board of director actions are very, very straight forward.