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Crypto foundation demanded employees endorse suicide pledge, then fired leaders who objected, Colorado lawsuit alleges (www.denverpost.com)
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[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 2 points 33 minutes ago

https://archive.li/6jnqb

And on page 11 — nestled between a winking anime woman and three yellow cats — was a suicide pledge. Authors, maintainers, editors and distributors of “this software” would pledge to ensure the software remained free and publicly accessible, and would also vow to “take his or her own life with a sword upon failure to uphold any of the pledges in this license,” the illustration read. It was labeled “Source Seppuku License,” an apparent reference to a traditional Japanese ritual suicide. When the document went out on that Friday in March, employees were told to commit to the principles in the mandate by Monday or quit their jobs, according to the lawsuit brought by Kayleen Fulton, a Boulder woman who was fired from the Ethereum Foundation after she led employee resistance to the suicide pledge.

Winking character, keep it free... I am not a crypto holder but something seems off with the article.