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Josh Simmons

Edited 1 year ago

I'm proud to call Bradley Kuhn a friend and am celebrating him joining the growing community of out-and-proud FOSS leaders.

But it is a tragedy when someone is forced out.

I've watched as Eben Moglen and SFLC have abused the legal system and attacked SFC, wasting the scarce resources of one of FOSS's most important charitable nonprofits, and am devastated to learn about the personal abuse Bradley has endured.

FOSS friends: please take the time to read this. https://ebb.org/bkuhn/blog/2023/10/11/moglen-sflc.html

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dentangle@chaos.social

Brett Sheffield (he/him)

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@josh Sadly there are people like this in FOSS as with other fields. Thanks to @conservancy and @fsfe for speaking up publicly. That is brave, and necessary.

Unfortunately, most of us don't learn about psychopathy until we've already taken damage. Some never do, and have no idea what happened or why. It took me a long time to understand.

I recommend Pieter Hintjens' book, "The Psychopath Code" as a good place to start to understand such people, and importantly, how to get clear.

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Toke Høiland-Jørgensen

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@josh
Wow. What an ordeal. I've only met Bradley once, and quite briefly, but he struck me as a kind and conscientious person, and I admire the work he and the SFC is doing for the FOSS community. Devastating to hear that he has to contend with all that!
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