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One can also highlight both the good and the bad. Although my experiences with him were not as extreme as these examples, I did stop using Mutt a decade ago partially because of his behavior - he had been a liability to Mutt development for years at that point.

How do you celebrate one’s accomplishments while ignoring one’s behavior in the process of making those accomplishments?

Or rather, is it actually too nuanced to think the ends don’t justify the means?

In situations like this, I think of the sentiment: "May the good he created stretch on, and the evil be buried with him."

And maybe there should be something more than a couple of tweets from random persons without ANY proofs? That’s just so wrong.

The commenter knew him personally, and is attesting to his behavior.

Especially if the accusations are true, there should be something more than just these tweets and a comment from a person who allegedly knew him.

Yeah, alas that seems to be the case. A few unsubstantiated tweets seem to make some folks wanting to "undo everything".