The Ethereum Foundation encouraged employees to raise objections, but the two people who took the lead in signing the petition were fired
Author | Justin Leroux, GridPlus CEO Compilation | Wu Shuo Blockchain Original link: https://www.reddit.com/r/ethereum/comments/1xs172d/where_dissent_imposes_a_heavy_price/ TL;DR · A newly filed indictment disclosed the internal situation of the departure of many core contributors of the Ethereum Foundation this year. The author believes that co-executive director Bastian Aue puts employees' obedience to management above Ethereum and its values, requiring employees to sign a pledge to support the Mission Statement, otherwise they will be deemed to have resigned. Fifty-three people from the agreement group signed a letter opposing this approach, and two of the organizers of the letter were subsequently fired. · Then-co-executive director and board member Wang Xiaowei once pointed out that the concerns raised by employees were critical to the future of the foundation. Vitalik Buterin still supports retaining the controversial hara-kiri clause and defended the sudden introduction of the signature requirement and subsequent dismissal decision. · The authors call on the board to acknowledge that the ultimatum and April 6 dismissal decision were wrong, and for the foundation to remove the controversial provision to allow employees to express their dissent publicly. The article concluded by citing Aue's previous criteria for requiring employees to resign, implying that he should also leave the foundation according to the same criteria. A lawsuit filed last week adds key clues to why the Ethereum Foundation has seen a series of high-profile departures this year. The Mandate that brought this conflict to a head also spells out how the foundation’s leadership should have acted then and what actions need to be taken now. Over the past few days, I have read the indictment over and over again and written this article.
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