[FOSDEM] Google, FSFE, safety of women and volunteers

[Daniel Pocock]

On 11/01/2021 09:23, Nicolas Pettiaux wrote:

> It is possible that people have been offended and that others have had
> bad behaviors. This does *not *mean for me that the institution /
> association they belong to are inherently bad and should be put aside or
> condemned without a normal and adequate procedure and instruction that
> must look at the details of the elements.

There are some people in FSFE and Debian who are not bad people, but:

Some of these people have told me that they received threats, they have
to stay silent about the problems in these institutions or they will be
subject to the public shaming, people will spread rumors about
expulsions, their talks will be rejected at events.

Some people in FSFE and Debian do not know what is happening because
messages have been censored, just like this message was posted in
December but only appeared on the FOSDEM mailing list on 10 January.
Some people found out for the first time when a woman posted her blog
about Matthias Kirschner and workplace bullying.  When these people
found out the truth, they immediately stopped giving money to FSFE.

So we can not blame every individual person connected with these
institutions.  However, the way the institutions are functioning is very
bad.

Regards,

Daniel