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FreeBSD Core Developer Thrown Out
SlashChick writes "From a discussion on the freebsd-chat mailing list, it appears that one of the FreeBSD core developers, Matt Dillon, has been barred from committing any changes to the FreeBSD kernel. Dillon was one of the developers 'responsible for making FreeBSD 4.x the most rugged and stress-proof free operating system in existence,' and also contributed to fixing the Linux VM. Unfortunately, there has been little explanation from the FreeBSD core team about why Dillon was thrown out, leading to speculation and worries about the future of the FreeBSD kernel. Does the Slashdot community have any more insight into this situation? Would someone from the FreeBSD team care to elaborate and assuage our worries?" CD Update: Greg Lehey from the core team has infact elaborated in this comment.
but surely with all the attention Linux is getting with developers, they can't go getting rid of too many people?
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Hello,
I'm a member of the FreeBSD developers list. For obvious reasons I dont want to reveal my identity.
A debate has been raging over Matt Dillon for the past two weeks. In early January, Matt was raided by the Police and charged with posession of child pornography. This isnt publicly known yet. He is expected to appear in court on March the 12th over the charges.
Obviously when he appears in court this whole ordeal is going to come out. Matt is a huge contributor to FreeBSD. The core members dont want the publicity over this to reflect badly on FreeBSD.
The debate on the mailing list centers on whether it is ethically right to remove his access based on his sexual orientation. A small number of people (again, I wont say who) take the view that Matts private life should have nothing to do with his access and contributions to the FreeBSD project.
However, the core team seem to have decided in the past few days what action to take, and have decided to remove his access. Its a real shame, Matt was a talented and huge contributor to FreeBSD, but obviously the reputation of the project is very important.
13. People pointing out that there's a Matt Dillon who's an actor that got to see that hot chick from Starship Troopers naked in Wild Things
14. Posts adding bullets to lists made in other posts
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