It's finished just as you asked

[Steve Stalcup]

https://answers.launchpad.net/launchpad/+question/95559
https://launchpad.net/~vorian
https://launchpad.net/~steve.stalcup

per:
Hey Steve!

I am writing you because I really think you deserve a chance to get yourself
out without being shut down in all of the FLOSS world.

As you might have heared, your most recent blog post caused quite the bad
reactions. Hence you are on the edge of being expelled from Ubuntu, and we
both know that being officially kicked out of a project of Ubuntu's size
basically nails the end of an era.

I don't want to lie to you, if it came to a vote whether to revoke your
Kubuntu membership, I would not prevent it. I did tolerate a lot of the things
you pulled in the past, even if they went against everything I beleive in. And
I did this because I think that everyone is entitled to their own believes and
because I am quite sure that deep inside you are a wonderful person that is
fun to be around.

Things have changed it seems, and now you appear to be using the name of
Ubuntu, Kubuntu and KDE for your personal vendetta. Something I wouldn't let
anyone do.

So here I am, asking you, kindly, to resign from Kubuntu (and hence Ubuntu)
membership and close down all Launchpad accounts you might have.
If not it will not be too long before the Kubuntu Council will revoke your
membership and then the Community Council will also have no problems expelling
you.
If you resign, you can at least show your friends at Kubuntu the respect to
not force us into making a decision whether to revoke your membership or not.

I very much hope that you understand, that I am asking you to do this because
it is not necessary to end this in tears, and quite frankly I do not want it
to.

In the hope that you make the right call,
Harald