sabik

Except that FSF funds and shelters the GNU project. As in any big story, you have to follow the money

Question: Should people that have committed a crime, or are social pariah not be allowed to commit code to projects that are funded by entities you care about? Or have technical roles in such projects?

Or seen the other way - should organizations refrain from e.g. code hosting for public code that is partially written by such people?

If you do think this, does this extend to orgs? I.e. should Linux never have allowed SE Linux and other patches from the NSA, given their track record?

It’s about leadership roles.https://twitter.com/sarahmei/status/1177647111166291968?s=21 …

Well, my questions still apply, if the leadership role is strictly tech lead, not managing people. So, i'd still like you to answer them!

"Head of project" by its nature includes managing people? Any programming above junior level involves a lot of communication with people; there are no "strictly tech" roles.

The difference is whether you have control over their lives in any way, or only the code they submit. If no money is involved, only code and emails, things are by necessity different. Yes, I work in the field, and I am involved in FOSS projects.