Re: [O] I have terminated my assignment

[Jambunathan K]

> It is known that your intent has now changed,

Correct.

> but the original intent was plain to you and others

Yes.

> and has caused others to rely on the code, to add and invest.

Code is GPL.

Nicolas Goaziou has already grown in respect by committing a fix to the
ODT exporter in a manner that makes Christian Moe happy.  I am happy.

I will not mention how much Bastien invested in a fix for the problem
and how his fix fared when it was put to test.  This pattern of Bastien
playing to the gallery is not merely anecdotal but has repeated more or
less regularly for the last 3 years or so.

The truth of the matter is Bastien has been unwilling to spend
substantial time maintaing Orgmode since he took over.  I am unwilling
to trust my work in the hands of someone whose sole purpose is to please
the crowd but runs of shy of taking hard considered decisions or
actually supporting the ongoing work.  To my eyes, his maintainership is
ceremonial.  The unwanted side-effect is that he is having an influence
that is incommensurate with the responsibility he is shouldering.

> This is why I am helping to protect the code.  Not to pry it away from
> you[1], but to protect users of and contributors to Org-mode.  If we
> cannot trust that code contributed to a project like Org-mode can be
> used and built upon, then the letter and spirit of free software is
> endangered.  Even if you try to paint yourself into the victim role,
> you are quite the opposite in this situation.

Fair enough.

> [1] What would I have to gain from that?  I would have more
>     fun rewriting it than I have writing this mail, but I do
>     what I consider necessary.

Actions speak louder than words.  That's where Nicolas Goaziou has
scored very consistently.

Bottomline: I will co-operate but not under current maintainer who has
never acted in a way to win my trust.  I am speaking of a 3 year horizon
here.

Jambunathan K.