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Re: Censorship in Debian

Hi everyone,

(please Cc me, I am not subscribed to d-p)

first of all thanks to Daniel for bringing this up and standing up for
me, this is very much appreciated.

For those not aware of the issue, here is *my* view onto the events.
AH and DAM can answer and provide their own interpretation. I will try
to stay as objective as it is possible for me.

2018/09/21
	I published the post "Sharp did it again" [1] using "it" as pronoun
-same day-
	Chris Lamb disabled my blog on Planet based on "it"
2018/09/22
	based on suggestions and explanations from others but Lamb I 
	update the blog to use "they"
2018/09/24
	Chris Lamb re-enables my blog on Planet
2018/11/26
	I published the post "On Lars Wirzenius, Fun, and Debian" [2]
2018/11/27
	Laura Arjona Reina disables my blog on Planet
2018/11/28
	I respond to Laura Arjona Reina's email asking for clarification
	due to the explanation being unclear to me (see attached email 1)
2018/12/04
	Due to absence of any answer at all, I enable my blog on Planet,
	but remove the post about Lars Wirzenius from the respective
	RSS feed
2018/12/17
	The DAM sends me an email about demotion to Debian Maintainer 
	based on a set of emails mostly from 2012-2014 during the
	discussions on systemd and coc:
		2012: 1 email
		2013: 7 emails
		2014: 5 emails
		2015: 1 email
		2016: 0 emails
		2017: 2 emails
		2018: 2 emails
	some of these emails are actually not from me, but these are the
	emails used as argumentation (see attached email 2)

Points I consider disturbing:
* AH never answered my questions, and above that I assume that the
  email the called out in their recent "bit from the anti harassement team"
  about being "a harassment of the team" is my email.
  I ask everyone to judge by himself whether my email as attached is to 
  be considered harassment.
* The demotion to Debian Maintainer is - as far as I read the
  consitution [3], the delegation of DAM [4], and the DAM Wiki page 
  about their rights and powers [5], not legit since besides expulsion
  there is not procedure laid out for demotion, but I refrained from
  raising this for the sake of peace.

There are more disturbing things going on where I suspect that members
of Debian have taken unduly influence on procedures concerning me, but
since I don't have proofs I cannot raise them here.


Coming back to the argumentation of DAM, I agree that back in 2012-2014
I have written a few strong emails during the systemd and coc
discussion. Not to defense myself, but I have the feeling that I was not
the only one. Furthermore, most of the emails cited by DAM clearly
predate the CoC, and the emails after installment of the CoC are, in my
opinion just simply frank and staight.

Anyway, this is the status. I invite everyone to form his/her own
opinion. As I posted on the Debian TeX ML, I will not be doing an awful
lot of work for Debian due to this demotion. I still think that Debian
is the best Linux distribution - but *only* due to the excellent work of
its developers.

Best

Norbert

[1] https://www.preining.info/blog/2018/09/sharp-did-it-again/
[2] https://www.preining.info/blog/2018/11/on-lars-wirzenius-fun-and-debian/
[3] https://www.debian.org/devel/constitution
[4] https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2018/03/msg00001.html
[5] https://wiki.debian.org/DAManager
--
PREINING Norbert                               http://www.preining.info
Accelia Inc.     +    JAIST     +    TeX Live     +    Debian Developer
GPG: 0x860CDC13   fp: F7D8 A928 26E3 16A1 9FA0 ACF0 6CAC A448 860C DC13
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Dear Laura,

thanks for your email.

To make things clear from the start: Unless explicitely stated below,
I do not consider this email communication private and will publicize it
if need arises. Thanks for your understanding.

Now to the matter at hand. I am a bit surprised that without even one
word of notice you have disabled by blog on Planet Debian. Furthermore,
I consider the explanation of your verdict unclear and bare of any
argumentation, and thus ask you to answer the following questions:

Question 1: persistent pattern of disrespectful communication
-------------------------------------------------------------

You state that
	... evaluate your long term behaviour, ...
	... persistent pattern of disrespectful communication towards
	other members of the community.
without providing any evidence. I have been contacted once by Chris Lamb
(in Cc in case you want to verify my statements) about my blog
	Sharp did it again [1]
where I used the incorrect pronoun. Within 24h I have updated the blog
  original email by Chris: Fri, 21 Sep 2018 17:20:22 +0100
  mail about update by me: Sat, 22 Sep 2018 05:09:42 +0900
  second update by me:     Sat, 22 Sep 2018 08:29:47 +0900
Besides this, please point me to other instances of
	disrespectful communication towards other members
(besides, Sharp is not a member of Debian).

I have published about 400 or more posts on my site. Please explain me
what your definition is of
	persistent pattern
even if you take the above one into account, and how your definition
applies to me.


Question 2: tone that is inappropriate for Planet Debian
--------------------------------------------------------
My post consists mostly of quotes from blogs aggregated on Debian
Planet. Where in specific is the "inappropriate tone"?

Furthermore, this post is modeled after Lars Wirzenius original post
	On Norbert Preining, Sarah Sharp, and Debian [2]
Please explain why his post is not considered "inappropriate" and he has
not been banished from Debian Planet!


Question 3: not to harm
-----------------------
I clearly stated my gratitude for his long work for Debian, despite our
obvious differences in opinions. I honor his work, even if I disagree
with some things Lars has proposed and forwarded within Debian.
Please explain why you feel like this post is harming, in particular
who, how, and why?



References
[1] https://www.preining.info/blog/2018/09/sharp-did-it-again/
[2] https://blog.liw.fi/posts/preining/

On Tue, 27 Nov 2018, Laura Arjona Reina wrote:
> Hello Norbert,
> 
> I'm writing to you on behalf of the Debian anti-harassment team.
> We had been asked to evaluate your long term behaviour,
> after one high-visibility instance of disrespect on Planet Debian.
> 
> We notice that there is a persistent pattern of disrespectful communication
> towards other members of the community.
> 
> In addition to this, we believe the recently published post
> https://www.preining.info/blog/2018/11/on-lars-wirzenius-fun-and-debian/
> has a tone that is inappropriate for Planet Debian.
> 
> Maybe it's written with no intention to do harm, but it seems it's not written
> to *not do harm* either. The result is several people feeling uncomfortable
> and undermining of efforts to improve the health of the community.
> 
> Therefore, regardless of other actions that may be taken, I have removed
> your blog from Planet Debian.
> 
> Regards,
> Laura Arjona Reina
> https://wiki.debian.org/LauraArjona

--
PREINING Norbert                               http://www.preining.info
Accelia Inc.     +    JAIST     +    TeX Live     +    Debian Developer
GPG: 0x860CDC13   fp: F7D8 A928 26E3 16A1 9FA0 ACF0 6CAC A448 860C DC13

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Hello,

recently we got contacted with complaints about your attitude and
behaviour in Debian. Looking deeper into this, it appears to be a long
history and our impression is that you seem to ignore the issues raised
while attacking the people who raise them.

This appears on both, planet and mailing lists, with some posts
calling[1] you[2] out, and you being temporarily[3] removed from planet.

Not that other[4] posts[5] from you seem to be respectful or
constructive, nor does it appear to be the[6] case[7] with[8] loads[9]
of[10] mailing[11] list[12] posts[13]. This is damaging the working
environment in the project, with people needing to step[14] in[15] to
restore a decent working environmet after one of your interventions.

These issues have[16] been[17] raised[18] to you[19] several[20]
times[21] over[22] the years, and you have normally responded by denying
the issues and attacking the people who tried to raise them. See for
example[23].

On nov 27, the antiharassment team removed your blog post from Planet
again, because of yet another reiteration of these problems. Your
response, even though it was framed like asking questions, again it read
as an accusation to the people, a delegated team in this case, who, once
again, called you out.

On dec 4, you have unilaterally readded yourself to Planet Debian.

This has gone on for long enough. We do not believe that you currently
have any intention of being a constructive member of Debian, and we see
little hope for improvement as it is.

Therefore, we are revoking your status as a Debian Developer with
immediate effect. You remain a Debian Maintainer for a minimum of 6
months, after which you can apply for getting your Debian Developer
status back.

All packages in which you are currently listed as maintainer or uploader
will be added to your Debian Maintainer whitelist as soon as possible.

Your blog has been removed again from Planet Debian, and will remain so
for 3 months. After 3 months you can ask any DD or the Planet admins to
readd your feed.

After a minimum of 6 months you can apply to get your Debian Developer
status back by mailing da-manager@debian.org

We are sending this email privately, leaving its disclosure as your
decision (although traces in public databases are unavoidable).


The Debian Account Managers,

Enrico Zini
Joerg Jaspert
Jonathan Wiltshire


Footnotes:
[1] https://blog.liw.fi/posts/preining/
[2] https://blog.tincho.org/posts/Pining_for_the_good_ol__39___days/
[3] https://salsa.debian.org/planet-team/config/commit/216930f1f3f906ef4cc28457b94d10ba844e3074
[4] https://www.preining.info/blog/2018/08/perl-policy/
[5] https://www.preining.info/blog/2017/04/systemd-again/
[6] https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2013/10/msg00486.html
[7] https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2014/07/msg01014.html
[8] https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2014/12/msg00003.html
[9] https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2017/10/msg00425.html
[10] https://lists.debian.org/debian-project/2015/09/msg00039.html
[11] https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2014/01/msg00270.html
[12] https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2013/09/msg00104.html
[13] https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2012/11/msg00747.html
[14] https://lists.debian.org/debconf-discuss/2018/08/msg00134.html
[15] https://lists.debian.org/debconf-discuss/2018/08/msg00148.html
[16] https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2014/07/msg00841.html
[17] https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2014/07/msg00856.html
[18] https://lists.debian.org/debian-project/2013/05/msg00070.html
[19] https://lists.debian.org/debian-project/2013/05/msg00081.html
[20] https://lists.debian.org/debian-project/2013/05/msg00085.html
[21] https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2017/10/msg00438.html
[22] https://lists.debian.org/debian-project/2013/05/msg00079.html
[23] https://lists.debian.org/debian-project/2013/05/msg00080.html

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