Sven was always welcome in our hackerspace. We never had any reason to find fault with him.
Having known him, I can certainly imagine him hurting for companionship and being awkward about it.
Surprise, Sven was an imperfect human, just like everybody else.
Personally though I've NEVER observed him behaving in this way and being on the watch for such things, I would surely have talked to him about it.
Despite the problems he had to deal with (or choose to ignore ;->) (not talking about the stuff above), he dedicated his life to improve things around him the best way he could see fit.
If you had a problem with Sven and were happy enough to not speak up when he was alive,
why raise this issue only now that he is dead?
We are honouring Sven's contributions so others are inspired to be similarly helpful.
It truth this is somewhat independent of Sven as a whole. But by dragging the person he was through the mud,
you are not helping anybody or achieving anything for society.
Having known him, I can certainly imagine him hurting for companionship and being awkward about it. Surprise, Sven was an imperfect human, just like everybody else.
Personally though I've NEVER observed him behaving in this way and being on the watch for such things, I would surely have talked to him about it.
Despite the problems he had to deal with (or choose to ignore ;->) (not talking about the stuff above), he dedicated his life to improve things around him the best way he could see fit.
If you had a problem with Sven and were happy enough to not speak up when he was alive, why raise this issue only now that he is dead? We are honouring Sven's contributions so others are inspired to be similarly helpful. It truth this is somewhat independent of Sven as a whole. But by dragging the person he was through the mud, you are not helping anybody or achieving anything for society.