I have just sent a mail to the OE core team that I’m resigning as a member of said “core team”. I will also give up administration of mailing lists, my position as OpenEmbedded e.V. board member, and taking care about the git/web/etc. services machine.

I have been with OpenEmbedded since the beginning, together with Chris and Holger I founded it in 2002/2003, and although we had our ups and downs, over the years we always managed to keep the spirit of openness and friendlyness alive. However — over the last 12 months, I have experienced some very unpleasant incidents in how certain members are treating other contributors, scaring them away, coldheartedly enforcing policies that are meant to be bendable guidelines, etc.

This is no longer a project where I feel my contributions are welcome. The core team failed to do its job as a moderate and balanced steering committee — it is apathetic and just bows down to the will of the most vocal single indviduals. I’m utterly disappointed by the amount of carelessness.

Whether I will fork OE as a whole or maintain my own branch on the main server or somewhere else I have not decided yet.