Thread by @Xrayez

Godot leadership banned a Ukrainian maintainer amidst Russian invasion of Ukraine, which became the straw that broke camel's back.

Many people misunderstand my motivation on why I talk about Godot's wrongdoings for so long.

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While I do have an emotional attachment to the project, which shows absolutely all signs of being an actual cult, as a former member of it, it's my ethical duty to talk about it. Some people may not understand the entire notion of ethics or duty in the first place, though...

Godot leadership's political stance against a Ukrainian contributor and maintainer has lead to unprecedented consequences for Godot leadership. They didn't expect that I'd continue talking about their wrongdoings for so long, and they thought that they could get away with this.

I'm definitely not the only one who Godot leadership has permanently banned. But their decision, along with the Russian war against Ukraine, has opened my eyes to many things in terms of toxic leadership.

Godot leadership may even express their "support" for Ukraine when they face a situation that they cannot avoid, but as hypocrisy goes, these are just empty words. And not just words, but manipulations and lies. It's not about what they say, it's about their actions.

The way Godot community is currently managed is mutually exclusive to democracy values. They cannot possibly support Ukraine by definition. Godot leadership is inspired by authoritarian regimes out there, including russia, just look at who bootlicks Godot leadership currently.

I'm not talking about democratic governance, which is different to democratic values. Ukraine happens to elicit these values to the world, and toxic, authoritarian leaders around the world are literally outraged by this.

As you hopefully have figured by now, what seemed to be a local conflict between me and Godot leadership has turned to be a by far more important endeavor, namely promoting democratic values in Open Source communities. For as long as the war is ongoing, I ought to continue.

There definitely exist Open Source projects that share democracy values. Due to all of this, I just happen to use Godot as a prominent example of this failure now, it's like a failed democracy state, which ironically was never about democratization, but more like idolization.

If you're truly interested, I invite you to read my free eBook which explains all of the above in great detail, and by doing so, hopefully you could build a stable, fruitful, and egalitarian Open Source community, and not an imitation of those values:

https://twitter.com/Xrayez/status/1581598829111312386