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It is time for me to depart.
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Luke Yelavich |
Subject: |
It is time for me to depart. |
Date: |
Wed, 8 Nov 2017 12:46:30 +1100 |
It is with an extremely heavy heart that I write to you all to announce my
departure from free and open source software development. GNU/Linux and free
and open source software development has been a part of my life for well over
a decade, some high points being my employment at Canonical for over 9 years,
and the opportunity to maintain a free software project, Speech Dispatcher.
I care very deeply about GNU/Linux accessibility, and free and open source
software. I strongly believe that the philosophy behind free software is key
to a better future for this world. However, I have lacked motivation of late,
and the current state of accessibility on GNU/Linux, as well as the lack of
funding for it, has not helped. I also would like to spend more time on other
tallants I have, which have been neglected somewhat until recently, and are
more likely to bring in a source of income in the future.
I am sure I will return one day, with renewed motivation, enthusiasm, and a
desire to contribute again. I am also sure I will be keeping watch on what
transpires in this community, and since I will still be using GNU/Linux, I
may still submit a bug fix from time to time for anything that I find
particularly annoying.
I step down from my positions as Vinux lead developer, and as Speech
Dispatcher maintainer with pride and joy at what has been achieved. I am
sorry that I have not fully helped to realize a renewed Vinux distribution
based on Fedora, but I am sure that no matter what direction the Vinux
project chooses to go, it will be lead well, and received well by the
community.
I will be closing my patreon campaign. To those who have supported me
financially, I thank you deeply. Your support has been much appreciated. You
know who you are.
I am so grateful for the time I have spent in this community. I have learnt
much, and have shared knowledge with others, and both the learning and
sharing have always been a pleasure and a joy. It has also been a pleasure to
talk to, and work with the free software community at large, but I would
particularly like to thank a few people.
To Rob Whyte, leader of the Vinux project, I owe a particularly heart felt
thank you. You have been a rock and confidant when I have needed someone to
talk to, as well as someone who I could blow off steam with, when things have
been rough. It has been an honour, and a pleasure, to work with, and get to
know you. Feel free to contact me any time if you want to chat.
To everybody at Brailcom, particularly Hynek Hanke, Tomas Cerha, and Jan
Buchal, I would like to thank for having given me the opportunity to maintain
the Speech Dispatcher project. I had many plans to improve Speech Dispatcher,
and I am sorry that these were not realized. I am sure the Speech Dispatcher
project will still be relevant and developed going forward, and I am sure a
maintainer can be found in the community. I wish that maintainer well.
I also have to thank Canonical for giving me a chance and a job. I had the
opportunitiy to work with some wonderful people while there, and I am happy
to have learnt so much, particularly when it comes to building and developing
a GNU/Linux distribution.
Finally, I would like to thank the community. It has been a pleasure talking
with you all, bouncing around ideas, discussing functionality, collectively
digging into problems and solving them together. This last decade would have
been for nothing if it weren't for all of us, whether we be users,
developers, helpers, doc writers, etc. For now, I plan to exit for a while,
and watch from the sidelines, but I do hope to return as a more active
community member again, in the future.
I wish you all well. You will not be forgotten.
With kindest regards and best wishes.
Luke
- It is time for me to depart.,
Luke Yelavich <=