The Document Foundation ejects its core developers
Controversy over The Document Foundation allegedly ejecting its core developers has been split across multiple Hacker News items, prompting efforts to consolidate the conversation. One thread centers on a post from a commercial contributor, while another presents the foundation’s official response, with commenters encouraged to move to the latter so both perspectives remain visible in the same place.
Meta: Consolidation of Discussion
- The thread explicitly redirects readers to another Hacker News discussion focused on a related Collabora post.
- The intent is to consolidate conversation in that other thread rather than split discussion across multiple submissions.
- Comments for this topic have been “moved” to the other thread, indicating that this one is effectively deprecated as an active discussion space.
Reference to the Foundation’s Response
- A separate Hacker News item containing a response from the organization at the center of the controversy is linked.
- The response thread is noted as having received little traction so far.
- To make this easier to find, the URL of the response has been added to the top text of the main discussion thread.
Overall Discussion Level
- There is no substantive technical, organizational, or ethical debate within this specific thread.
- The content is purely logistical: pointers to where the main discussion and the official response are taking place.
- Any nuanced arguments, disagreements, or perspectives about the events described in the article are therefore not present in this thread and must be sought in the linked discussions.