The future of the elementary OS distribution is in question due to a conflict among the project's founders, who cannot reach an agreement on the company overseeing development and managing incoming funds.
The company was co-founded by two founders â Cassidy Blaede and Danielle ForĂ© (formerly Daniel ForĂ©), who worked on the project full-time and received funding from donations during the installation of builds and providing technical support. Due to a decline in financial performance amid the coronavirus pandemic, funding has decreased, and the company was forced to cut employee salaries by 5%. A meeting was planned for February to further reduce the budget, with an initial proposal to cut the owners' salaries.
Before the meeting, Cassidy Blaede announced that he had accepted an offer to work for another company. He wished to retain his shares, remain among the company's owners, and continue participation in decision-making. Danielle ForĂ© disagreed with this position, as she believed that those who are directly developing the project should manage it. The co-owners discussed the possibility of dividing the companyâs assets in such a way that the company would remain entirely in Danielle's hands, while Cassidy would receive half of the funds remaining in the account ($26,000) for his share.
After the preparation of documents for the transaction to transfer the share in the company began, Danielle received a letter from a lawyer representing Cassidy's interests, which proposed new terms â a payment of $30,000 now, $70,000 over the next 10 years, and ownership of 5% of the shares. After pointing out that the initial agreements were quite different, the lawyer explained that these were preliminary discussions and Cassidy had not given his final consent to those terms. The increase in the sum was justified by the desire to seek compensation in case the company is sold in the future.
Daniela vÀgrade att acceptera de nya villkoren och ansÄg att de vidtagna ÄtgÀrderna var ett svek frÄn Cassidy. Daniela anser att de ursprungliga avtalen Àr rÀttvisa och Àr redo att ta 26 000 och gÄ, men hon avser inte att ta pÄ sig Ätaganden som senare kan leda henne i skuld. Cassidy svarade att han inte var överens med de första villkoren, och dÀrför involverade han en jurist. Daniela pÄpekade att om de inte kan komma överens om att överföra företagsledning till henne, Àr hon redo att lÀmna projektet och gÄ med i en annan gemenskap. Projektets öde Àr nu osÀkert, dÄ situationen inte kunnat lösas pÄ nÀstan en mÄnad, och de ÄterstÄende pengarna i företaget gÄr huvudsakligen till löner, och det Àr troligt att co-Àgarna snart inte har nÄgot kvar att dela.
KĂ€lla: opennet.ru
