There’s a couple of contradictions I’ve found that might have caused the suspension:
Lack of Disclosure
- this will come into play again later on #4
- the inadequate disclosure/lack of transparency of how sponsorships are being handled (which feels similar to the Rust Foundation’s previous blunders)
Incredibly Odd Behavior
- incorrectly stated their status as a ban rather than a suspension.
They should clearly know that they’re suspended rather than banned especially since they themselves linked to the GitHub moderation commit which states as such.
> I'm not innocent, but it's hard to stay impartial when you're so invested in a project and community.- What’s the intent of this statement?
> I don't want to play their "victim/oppressor" narrative, so I'm evil incarnate. > It's also to "tone police" the rest of the community from speaking against their actions. > Any rational person would want to avoid dealing with that hornets nest. > Now I'm irrational and banned! :(- continued display of erratic irrational behavior.
- which is a direct contradiction to Lack of Disclosure - #1.
- Also I want to say great eye to Lojcs@lemm.ee for spotting that!, as I didn’t notice that critical information the first time I read through the discussions
For clarification: Anduril is an American military company
- there’s a good reason why people don’t want Nix to be sponsored by the military
From what I’ve found so far:
^this suspension seems to make sense as Jonathan Ringer is:
- Clearly in violation of Conflict of Interest due to their involvement with Lack of Disclosure - #1.
- Still displaying on Reddit “willfully furthering the division in the community” as mentioned in the moderation commit action
They’ve caused problems in the past and it seems clear they haven’t learned what really caused the suspension in the first place.
Their behavior is unsustainable so I can see the reason for the suspension, although at this point a permaban might be warranted due to the reasons stated above
Edit:
There’s more bewildering comments from Jonathan it seems:> This seems to be aligned with a similar attempt of mine #114 from 2021. > The goal has been moved from "these are acceptable behaviors in this CoC" (114) to "these are how these behaviors should be enforced fairly". Which sounds good to me. > I'll do a more thorough review, but feel confident that I would like to nominate myself as a shepherd.Edit: turns out this story goes way beyond Jon, all of Nix is in flux right now. My personal experience is kind of irrelevant.
Edit edit: just read this: https://discourse.nixos.org/t/nixos-foundation-board-giving-power-to-the-community/44552
Original Post:
As a first-hand account; Jon has been the nicest of all the maintainers I’ve had interactions with ( ~7), probably followed by Ryan Mulligan. The only reason I remember Jon’s name (I usually just recognize maintainers by their profile pictures) is because a couple years ago, as part of this thread I was reading this github issue with a really rude/attacking user. I remember reading Jon’s response and thinking “This is one of the most patient FOSS devs on all of Github”.
However, take ^that as-is, because I am not up to date on anything recent. I just wanted to provide the small bit of insight I do have.
Here’s some of my interactions for those who like to judge for themselves:
This reeks of astroturf. That’s a lot of effort to put into saying absolutely nothing of substance. I cannot assume in good faith impartiality.
