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Based on the README and that article, the founder sounds like he is deep into conspiracy theories and is an anti-vaccine MAGA person.
Not to downplay the problems on xorg and I am happy it's getting forked, but wtf is up with "No DEI" "Make X great again" in the README... Doesn't convince me at all that this project is going to stay intact and upkept on the long term.
Edit: added some words
Edit2: yeah okay, he's a complete nutjob and a shitty person. See link below
see him also here https://web.archive.org/web/20190404153507/https://lists.dyne.org/lurker/message/20181010.191925.ee1331b6.en.html
Damn. As a German! That's shameful. And of course utterly nuts.
I found this question on reddit with a really good reply, if someone's interested:
https://web.archive.org/web/20230605123206/https://old.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/58doy0/ive_seen_a_number_of_conspiracy_theorists_and/
Sadly, Weigelt does not stand alone in the Linux community. I used to frequent one of the oldest and largest Linux forums, and there were all sorts of crazies. But more importantly, the general tone was more conservative than you'd think. Or rather Libertarian.