Dear FSFE Team and Free Software community,
I hearby resign from my position as Italian Chancellor and Fellowship Coordinator for the FSFE.
I have contributed to the growth of the organization since 2001, including the creation of projects such as the Fellowship and GNUvox.info, the fight to the swpat directive, the opposition to OOXML and many other successful activities.
So it is with a heavy heart that I must recognize the organization has taken a direction that I can no longer support, one which I feel will eventually make it irrelevant in the community, if not defunct.
In June 2007 I devised with other team members a constructive proposal to re-organize the foundation as a starting point for reforms. It fell on deaf ears. It has since become clear that all efforts would be made to ensure that my resignation was necessary.
I will continue to promote Free Software within other organizations and in other ways.
I wish to thank all the people who generously contributed time and expertise to the Italian chapter and the Fellowship.
Regards, Stefano Maffulli
From now on, please contact me using my personal email addresses: stef maffulli net or stef zoomata com My personal blog is at http://maffulli.net