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		echelon 39 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: SparkFun Officially Dropping AdaFruit due to CoC V... I had never heard of the Tim Peters incident, but I just googled it. (It's not on his Wikipedia page.) I found this: https://www.reddit.com/r/Python/comments/1ep4dbt/the_shamefu... Which points to this: https://chrismcdonough.substack.com/p/the-shameful-defenestr... This characterizes it as completely unfair, and the /r/python community seems to agree. Is there a rebuttal from the other side?

rpdillon 39 days ago [–]

Wow, I somehow missed all that. That's horrendous. I've always felt that a code of conduct is a tool for bureaucrats to hide behind, and episode doesn't alter my view. Thanks for sharing.

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