Vim 9 will be dedicated to Sven Guckes

<p><pre><code> &gt; Our friend Sven Guckes died in Berlin on February 20, 2022. &gt; He was diagnosed with a brain tumor in December 2021. </code></pre> Sheesh so fast... scary. RIP.

I&#x27;ve used Vim nearly every day for the last 20 years. Thank you for FOSS. RIP.

I use it daily and this is a good reminder to be(come) more aware of who all the people are behind the FOSS stuff that I have come to rely on for just about everything.

It&#x27;s curious to think that, for many of us, the most enduring legacy of our names will be as lines in CONTRIBUTORS.txt and ghostly email addresses buried deep in git histories.

Hello, a other victim of Scen Guckes here. I was harassed by him multiple times while stile underage. I heard of multiple other cases like this. After one incidence which was well observated by other Hackerspace visitors I talked to the club council and they banned them. Shocked to hear, that a vim version is being dedicated for him. :0

Other HN discussion: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=30410077" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=30410077</a>

Sad! Thanks for your effort Sven Guckes! Rest in peace!

As a doctor I wouldn&#x27;t exclude the possibility that his behaviour could be influenced by the growing tumor.<p>Some pathologically agressive individuals who had had a long history of antisocial and criminal behaviour were later found to be genetically determined by a kind of neurotransmitter mutation(s).

obituaries:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;martin.leyrer.priv.at&#x2F;y2022&#x2F;m02&#x2F;Remember-Be_more_like_Sven.html" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;martin.leyrer.priv.at&#x2F;y2022&#x2F;m02&#x2F;Remember-Be_more_lik...</a><p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;sebstein.hpfsc.de&#x2F;2022&#x2F;02&#x2F;21&#x2F;mach-es-gut-sven-guckes&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;sebstein.hpfsc.de&#x2F;2022&#x2F;02&#x2F;21&#x2F;mach-es-gut-sven-guckes...</a><p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.heise.de&#x2F;news&#x2F;Vim-Versteher-und-Kommandozeilenerklaerer-Sven-Guckes-ist-tot-6511004.html" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.heise.de&#x2F;news&#x2F;Vim-Versteher-und-Kommandozeilener...</a>

It&#x27;s always humbling to get to know more about the stories behind software I use daily.<p>Having Vim 9 dedicated to his memory is wonderful. Thank you, Sven

I remember his &quot;put some colour in your life!&quot; pages with affection. Thank you, Sven.

F*ck cancer.

:q!<p>A life interrupted

I’m surprised about Sneak’s comment being flagged on here.<p>It’s okay to express your opinion about the person being discussed and add more information to it in general.<p>If VIM is being dedicated to an alleged sexual harasser, I as an interested person is happy to know about this.

:wq

He was well known as an open source evangelist and as a helpful guy.<p>But he was also known as &quot;sexual predator&quot; who harassed young, underaged girls, see <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;twitter.com&#x2F;twena&#x2F;status&#x2F;1495537875651371012" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;twitter.com&#x2F;twena&#x2F;status&#x2F;1495537875651371012</a><p>I don&#x27;t know if it is appropriate to make a dedication to someone like this.

Sven was my friend. I knew him well. He was one of the first people in the tech scene I met when I first came to Berlin in 2007.<p>I don&#x27;t think we should be honoring him, though, because he was, despite being my friend, not a very good person:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;twitter.com&#x2F;deborianerin&#x2F;status&#x2F;1495636848722513920" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;twitter.com&#x2F;deborianerin&#x2F;status&#x2F;1495636848722513920</a><p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;twitter.com&#x2F;deborianerin&#x2F;status&#x2F;1495645190832463872" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;twitter.com&#x2F;deborianerin&#x2F;status&#x2F;1495645190832463872</a><p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;twitter.com&#x2F;twena&#x2F;status&#x2F;1495537875651371012" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;twitter.com&#x2F;twena&#x2F;status&#x2F;1495537875651371012</a><p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;twitter.com&#x2F;deborianerin&#x2F;status&#x2F;1495673397296218113" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;twitter.com&#x2F;deborianerin&#x2F;status&#x2F;1495673397296218113</a><p>These tweets were posted today, but those of us that knew him well have known of these issues for years.<p>I have as a point of pride many &quot;problematic&quot; friends; my friendship with someone is not approval of every (or even any) action they undertake in life.<p>I do not approve of this dedication, as Sven was a good example of the kind of people who make the f&#x2F;oss community worse, not better. We as a community can do much better than explicitly endorsing those who would cause our scene to be unsafe and unwelcoming to young women.