Context: coreboot, libreboot, and GNU Boot are projects creating open-source firmware for booting laptops etc. One of these projects is lead by Leah Rowe (pictured below). Need I say more?
This post about GNU Boot sending a C&D to libreboot is currently on the front page of Orange Site. They're still arguing over the details, but it seems to boil down to a power struggle over the project and the name libreboot, with a lot of spicy allegations (read the thread for "corrections"):
It turns out that this power struggle has been on-going for SEVEN FRICKING YEARS. libreboot was originally a GNU project, until Leah threw a tantrum when one of her fellow s was fired for "sticking up for herself". Her resignation letter was extremely dramatic and generated some fun threads at the time:
https://old.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/54by6w/leah_rowe_drama_queen_pretending_there_is/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13329287
A few months later, Leah declared peace with GNU and the Free Software Foundation:
https://old.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/639ob1/libreboot_no_longer_opposes_the_gnu_project_or/
In March 2021 she was accused of performing a coup after kicking several people out of the project without explaination.
Later that month, she came out in defence of toe-cheese eater Richard Stallman after the latter made some controversial comments about Jeffrey Epistein and the definition of r*pe:
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2019/sep/17/mit-scientist-emails-epstein
https://web.archive.org/web/20210401003350/https://libreboot.org/news/rms.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26646048
Edit: KiwiFarms thread on her from 2018 (requires Tor):
https://kiwifarmsaaf4t2h7gc3dfc5ojhmqruw2nit3uejrpiagrxeuxiyxcyd.onion/threads/leah-rowe-francis-rowe-libreleah.47528/
Highlights include the crowdfunded neovagina which prevented her from shipping the ThinkPads people had ordered, as well as a guide for ordering hormones online:
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lmao I remember posting ot /r/drama about this when it started.
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rDrama threads
https://old.reddit.com/r/Drama/comments/531kjj/gnu_libreboot_developer_throws_a_tantrum_changes/
https://old.reddit.com/r/Drama/comments/530qqc/transgender_drama_in_the_free_software_community/
Master Thread about Leah Rowe
https://old.reddit.com/r/linuxmasterrace/comments/52zfd6/libreboot_is_not_gnu_libreboot_anymore/
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What ever else "leah" may be, they are definitely competent. My eyes glazed over at the binary blob policy, but it's sound. Super arrogant too, love it
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She does seem kinda cool - I almost felt bad about writing this all up.
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Her HN account:
https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=leahlibre
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lmao
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I got baited by bait
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She's still a drama queen tho
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Lmao
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"As a trans person" [nonsense victim screed] volume 3001
Edit: look at this vintage 2017 post where people discuss the merits of "cisgender" and obsessing about your s*x life in technical forums
https://old.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/54by6w/leah_rowe_drama_queen_pretending_there_is/d80uuqw/
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They just can't help themselves, it's a darn cult. Criticising any train is seen as an attack on them all.
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Total allegiance or death while they try to compare your basic dissent to a new idea to nazi Germany
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Well you have to understand, any criticism stems solely from transphobia and not because of their actions/beliefs/behaviors
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Maybe if many of the people criticizing trans people didn't say anything about their trans status this wouldn't be as much the case
Basically the same reason why criticizing islam died down, couldn't do so without getting somebody "kill all sandBIPOCs" in support when you did.
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Things used to be so much different bros........
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Ive got to say, trains have the BPD part of being a foid down to a t.
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She's cool in my book
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RMS is cool, but you have to wonder about the potential userbase of people who really really really care about their laptops being 100% free of 'proprietary blobs' if you get my drift...
I can't help but feel that a large number of those people might have certain... preferences...
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i agree. if you're not okay with having unknown surveillance software running in your bootloader, you are 100% a p-dophile
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He may be a blob, but he's definitely not proprietary.
rms.sexy
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Everyone involved
should live
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whats the deal with FOSS generating insane amounts of drama
completly unrelated follow up: why is FOSS infested with trains
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autism and autism
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I had some excellent fun trolling losers in that thread https://news.ycombinator.com/context?id=36928029
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I can smell this picture
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Great post OP! I love OSS drama
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Snapshots:
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Isn't Leah the person that sold ThinkPads on behalf of Libreboot, didn't send it, then put the blame on her mental issues?:
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Her resignation letter:
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https://old.reddit.com/r/transgender/comments/539x50/breaking_the_free_software_foundation_dismissed_a/:
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https://old.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/54by6w/leah_rowe_drama_queen_pretending_there_is/:
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https://old.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/639ob1/libreboot_no_longer_opposes_the_gnu_project_or/:
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she was accused of performing a coup:
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toe-cheese eater:
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the latter made some controversial comments about Jeffrey Epistein and the definition of r*pe:
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https://web.archive.org/web/20210401003350/https://libreboot.org/news/rms.html:
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https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26646048:
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Of all the fricking places they could go why did tech, and specially FOSS, had to get infested with s?
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Thank god someone wrote this up. I've attempted writing a post a few times just due to her incredible skill for scamming people.
Follower of Christ Tech lover, IT Admin, heckin pupper lover and occasionally troll. I hold back feelings or opinions, right or wrong because I dislike conflict.
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Skill? all he does is lean on the fact that he's a and thus untouchable.
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I mean people haven't exactly every time she sets up a new shop for flashing ancient thinkpads…then eventually stops delivering them lol
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