Lawsuit filing reveals Ethereum Foundation doc contained a "Source Seppuku License" suicide pledge
cneuralnetwork · x · 2026-11-11
A screenshot from a lawsuit against the Ethereum Foundation exposes that the board's February 25, 2026 organizational "Mandate" included a "Source Seppuku License" on page 11, pledging every author, maintainer, editor or redistributor to "take his or her own life with a sword" upon any failure to uphold its terms. 79 employees voted to remove it; one asked management in writing whether signing meant he was required to commit suicide, and another cited a colleague lost to suicide the year before. Board member Vitalik Buterin promised "significant changes," yet the March 13 version kept the pledge word-for-word — set in a cartoon typeface beside a winking anime figure and cartoon cats — and inscribed it permanently on the Ethereum blockchain.
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