The preceding message is off-topic for this list and I'm closing the thread and referring the matter to the Board.
S. On Mon, Jul 22, 2019 at 8:17 AM Mollamby via License-discuss < license-discuss@lists.opensource.org> wrote: > OSI board president had massive conflict of interest, > you were all fooled > > People have been arriving to DebConf trying to pick apart the > recent concerns. The version of events commented officially and > the Regrets email published by Sam Hartman is very disparaging > to some people while other people seem to evade any responsibility. > > Here are some facts that have emerged through debian-private and > discussions at DebConf that some of us feel very uncomfortable > about. We are posting anonymously because Sam Hartman's report is > too biased and we don't want to be subject to the next > Anti Harassment humiliations for questioning the DPL. > > There is a growing perception that Debian and other associated > groups have become too incestuous. For everybody else, it means > we don't know who we can trust. > > Fact 1: Mollamby > ---------------- > > A clandestine relationship that existed between the Debian Project > Leader (DPL), Chris Lamb and his subordinate, Molly de Blanc, > the head of the Outreach team who is also a member of the controversial > Anti-Harassment team. Mollamby. > > Clandestine relationships are not automatically wrong. It is > the surrounding facts that make this both scandalous and worthy > of the same scrutiny and media coverage forcefully imposed on > other Debian Developers. Mollamby. > > Fact 2: a GSoC conflict of interest > ----------------------------------- > > A student applying to GSCoC informed about his relationship > with another member of the community. The other community > member is named in a delegation by former DPL Chris Lamb. Neither > the student nor the other community member are under > suspicion: Both declared the relationship up front. > > There were over 100 student applications to GSoC 2018 and only 20% > were selected. It has not been stated whether the student > in this case was one of those selected. > > Fact 3: mentors acted responsibily > ---------------------------------- > > A member of the Outreach team, not a party to the conflict of > interest, reminded other team members about the conflict of > interest in the April 2018 selection meeting. > > Fact 4: no policy > ----------------- > > Debian has no conflict of interest policy. > > There was nothing for the GSoC admins or mentors to refer to. > > Fact 5: vested interests > ------------------------ > > Debian's list of delegations, equivalent to managers or office-holders > in other organizations, doesn't reveal employment details or any other > clues about vested interests and conflicts of interest. > > Fact 6: Molly de Blanc signed off on it > --------------------------------------- > > In reply to Fact 3, Molly de Blanc acknowledged and signed off on > the conflict of interest. Her commented has been shared widely > on a blog: > > <mollydb> nice responsibile decision making > <mollydb> thanks for being so consciencious > > Fact 7: Google complained > ------------------------- > > July 2018, Google's head of GSoC, Stephanie Taylor, made a > written complaint about conflicts of interest in Debian. > > Fact 8: Mollamby investigated themselves > ---------------------------------------- > > Mollamby investigated the complaint. This was clearly > inappropriate. How could Molly de Blanc investigate a complaint > against something she signed off on? How could Chris Lamb, as Debian > Project Leader, investigate a complaint against a team where > his love interest was a prime suspect? > > It would have been possible for them to recuse themselves > without declaring the fact there was a relationship. They could simply > state that because Google was disputing conflicts of interest, they > need help from somebody neutral and not involved in day-to-day > Debian, like a past DPL. > > Even in the absence of a relationship, Molly de Blanc never should > have been part of the investigation anyway. > > Mollamby investigating themselves. Mollamby. > > Fact 9: opportunistic scapegoating > ---------------------------------- > > Mollamby used another team member as a scapegoat. The same team > member who reminded everybody about the conflict of interest > during the selections. > > Fact 10: inters/students suffer > ------------------------------- > > Before conducting any investigation, Google sent aggressive and highly > demotivating communications to some students. It appears Mollamby rushed > Google into this shoot-first-ask-questions-later response. > > Fact 11: Google rushed into decision then backflip > -------------------------------------------------- > > After making enquiries with the entire admin team Google had to > backflip and completely retract their action against students. Mollamby > had rushed Google into an awkward situation that had to be rolled back. > Mollamby. > > Fact 12: interns complained about Molly de Blanc > ------------------------------------------------ > > August 2018, an astute intern made a complaint about Molly de Blanc > not doing any real work, it has already been shared in various places, > including debian-project. > > Other community members had made similar observations but none had > ever dared to say it. > > Fact 13: previous mentor summit procedure > ----------------------------------------- > > In previous GSoC rounds before 2018, the two places to attend the > mentor summit were always awarded randomly to any two mentors, with > a preference for mentors who never visited the summit before. > > Fact 14: privileges for the admins > ---------------------------------- > > For 2018, Molly de Blanc suggested that one of those two places > should be reserved for an admin. > > Fact 15: Molly de Blanc got the free trip > ----------------------------------------- > > Molly de Blanc, as admin, attended the GSoC mentor summit in > October 2018 and only one other mentor received a place. > > Fact 16: Molly de Blanc as AH insider > ------------------------------------- > > Molly de Blanc formally joins the Anti-Harassment team. The name > of the team is misleading. Its real purpose appears to involve > preventing people asking inconvenient questions to the project > leaders: in other words, de Blanc participating in a vigilante group > to prevent people holding her boyfriend, the Debian Project Leader, > to account. de Blanc was privvy to any complaints against her boyfriend > and also privvy to potential complaints or discussions about > his political rivals. > > Fact 17: DAMs rushed into decisions, just like Google > ----------------------------------------------------- > > The Debian Account Managers are rushed into removing two Debian > Developers from the Debian keyring. It is the same pattern as the > way Google was rushed into punishing students. Mollamby. > > Fact 18: another intern complains > --------------------------------- > > A mentor received a complaint from an intern about somebody > in the Anti-harassment team. The mentor was unable to do anything > due to fear and mistrust of the leadership. > > The complaint hasn't been leaked yet, hold on to your seats. > > Fact 19: DPL's girlfriend pronounced Developer > ---------------------------------------------- > > Molly de Blanc, girlfriend of the Debian Project Leader, is > controversiallly promoted to become a Debian Developer. > She has not created any packages and she had been subject > to various complaints during 2018. > > Fact 20: scapegoat abused > ------------------------- > > At almost the same time, the Developer who highlighted the conflict > of interest is removed from the Debian keyring, threatened and > insulted in various ways, starting from September 2018, long > before anything overflowed into the public domain. > > Fact 21: Google pay offs > ------------------------ > > Debian receives large payments of cash from Google on dates overlapping > with punishments. > > Fact 22: Payments from Google obfuscated > ---------------------------------------- > > Details about the largest payment are hidden or obfuscated in > official communications. > > Fact 23: censorship > ------------------- > > It is alleged that an email to the debian-project mailing list asking > about the Google payments and pressure has been censored. > > Fact 24: DPL gives delegation to girlfriend > ------------------------------------------- > > In his last act as Debian Project Leader, Chris Lamb writes a > delegation formally appointing his girlfriend (or ex-girlfriend > at this point), now a Debian Developer, to the Outreach team. > > Fact 25: Open Source Initiative (OSI) board kept in the dark > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > Mollamby serve together on the OSI board. They never informed other > board members or the organizations they are affiliated with (FSF and > Debian respectively) about their conflict of interest. Molly de Blanc has > become OSI board president in 2019. > > Fact 26: DPL budget control > --------------------------- > > Chris Lamb, as Debian Project Leader, had discretion to approve > his own travel expenses using Debian funds. > > Fact 27: subsidised long-distance relationship costs > ---------------------------------------------------- > > Molly de Blanc resides in the US while Chris Lamb resides in the UK. > This was a long distance relationship. They would meet each other at > events where their travel was paid by free software organizations. > > Fact 28: spreading defamation > ----------------------------- > > Mollamby have both circulated defamatory and politically motivated > allegations against other members of the community. > > Molly de Blanc's FOSDEM 2019 talk explicitly boasts about a whisphering > network, this appears to be a call-to-gossip. > > Fact 29: misleading denial by DPL > --------------------------------- > > When Chris Lamb was publicly asked about the defamatory allegations > he circulated, it appears that he has lied by denying it in an > email to debian-project the week before Christmas. > > Evidence that Lamb really did send the offensive email was subsequently > posted on a blog. > > This very public and dishonest denial makes a serious dent in Lamb's > integrity. As he was the DPL, dishonesty like this dents Debian's > reputation too. > > Fact 30: Molly de Blanc breaks up with FSF and Lamby > ---------------------------------------------------- > > Molly de Blanc's FSF employment terminates at about the same time that > Mollamby break up. > > She writes a blog about the breakup. > > Fact 31: revolving doors > ------------------------ > > Despite the circumstances, Molly de Blanc immediately begins working > for another former Debian Project Leader, now at GNOME. > > Fact 32: fake sorries > --------------------- > > An email sent to debian-project on 8 July 2019, "Regrets Handling > Conduct Concerns Earlier this Year", from the new DPL, Sam Hartman, > appears to try and put blame back on the developers who spoke up. > > It feels like a pretend sorry or conditional sorry email. > > This persistent blaming and conditional sorries from leaders > reeks of high arrogance, it is harmful to the victims and it is > perpetuating the problems. > > Most ordinary people can recognize the difference between a pretend > sorry and a sincere sorry even if they don't know the people or > the facts. > > It is obviously, deceptively and repetitively trying to deflect > responsibility to other parties and distract from the elephant in > the room, Mollamby, so it is hardly an apology at all, it feels more > like a political statement. > > Fact 33: new DPL acknowledged conflicts of interest existed, hides names > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > The same email referred to in Fact 32 confirms there were > conflicts of interest in the second abusive keyring change too. > Both abusive keyring changes were therefore compromised by > Mollamby and other hidden relationships. > > But the names of the culprits are hidden. They have immunity. > > Fact 34: malicious intent and DPL's vendetta > -------------------------------------------- > > At the same time that a developer was removed from the keyring, > Chris Lamb immediately sent messages out to other organizations > to harm the developer's reputation. Many independent people > see this as an aggravated and politically motivated breach of > a private decison by Debian Account Managers. Lamb's indulgence > in doing this appears to be a major reason the issues exploded into > public discussion and drag other Developers into the mess. > > > This is all a textbook example of nepotism. > > Mollamby > > > Sent with ProtonMail Secure Email. > > > > _______________________________________________ > License-discuss mailing list > License-discuss@lists.opensource.org > > http://lists.opensource.org/mailman/listinfo/license-discuss_lists.opensource.org > -- Simon Phipps*, Board Secretary, The Open Source Initiative* +44 238 098 7027 or +1 415 683 7660 : www.opensource.org
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