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Morten Linderud resigning from Arch Linux development team
2 months ago
- Morten Linderud (Foxboron) resigns as an Arch Linux package maintainer and developer after nearly a decade.
- Key packages mkinitcpio and arch-install-scripts are left without an active maintainer.
- Provides lists of orphaned packages (sole maintainer) and packages needing co-maintainers, including pacman, sbctl, and others.
- Expresses gratitude to friends made during his involvement.
Vertrek TIB - Bert Hubert's writings
2 months ago
- Bert Hubert resigned from the TIB (Supervisory Committee on the Use of Powers by Intelligence and Security Services) because of concerns about the proposed 'Temporary Law on AIVD and MIVD Investigations into Countries with Offensive Cyber Programs'.
- The new law aims to reduce pre-authorization oversight, abolish technical risk pre-approval, and significantly expand the powers of the Dutch intelligence services (AIVD and MIVD).
- Hubert argues that the law shifts too much oversight from pre-authorization to after-the-fact review, which is less effective and more resource-intensive.
- He highlights that pre-authorization has a self-regulating effect, encouraging agencies to submit complete and accurate requests, whereas after-the-fact oversight is harder to enforce and more laborious.
- Concerns include the removal of meaningful criteria for intercepting thick internet cables, lack of mandatory justification for bulk interception, and practical difficulties in finding enough technically skilled overseers.
- Hubert states that the necessity argument for the law (pre-authorization being too slow) ignores the existing fast-track procedure for ministerial approval.
- He resigned publicly to be able to speak freely about the law, hoping it will receive sufficient scrutiny before being passed.
- The law has a majority in the Dutch House of Representatives, and Hubert believes it will significantly weaken oversight.
On my resignation as regulator of the Dutch intelligence and security services - Bert Hubert's writings
2 months ago
- The author served as one of three members of the Dutch TIB board, which reviews warrants for intelligence and security services before they are executed.
- The TIB’s prior approval was binding and worked well; services stopped activities if found unlawful, and the system was efficient and self-regulating.
- Proposed changes to Dutch intelligence law would eliminate the author’s role (technical risk analysis), reduce regulation on bulk interception, add algorithmic analysis without external approval, and shift oversight from ex-ante to ex-post.
- The author believes ex-post oversight is less effective because it can overload regulators, especially given the difficulty of recruiting skilled technical experts, and is vulnerable to 'starve the beast' tactics.
- The author resigned to speak publicly against the new law, which they see as democratic backtracking, and offers their services as a regulator willing to resign when things go wrong.
Jellyfin founder Andrew leaves team
2 months ago
- Joshua and Anthony have departed from the Jellyfin project, following Andrew's resignation on Friday.
- Joshua stepped down due to burnout and mental health concerns, citing inability to fulfill the role's demands.
- Anthony left due to changing life priorities and reduced free time after nearly 8 years.
- Both emphasize a smooth, amicable transition with no risk of a hostile fork.
- Jellyfin has grown to become the #1 FLOSS media server with millions of users, surpassing its parent project.
- The remaining team is capable and trusted to continue the project's philosophy and code.

resignation

Morten Linderud resigning from Arch Linux development team

Vertrek TIB - Bert Hubert's writings

On my resignation as regulator of the Dutch intelligence and security services - Bert Hubert's writings

Jellyfin founder Andrew leaves team