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How you can tell this is all lies from the board is simple: > How do you tell someone that has had commit and admin access to critical infrastructure long after that need has expired that you need to revoke that access without upsetting them? The first thing is they didn't tell them. The second bit is simple: "Hi [x], I'm sure you've seen the news about npm. Given supply chain attacks directed at them and the one rec…
100% Reasonable people would've accepted that fine. And you don't have to worry about unreasonable people, because most people will find them unreasonable and dismiss anything they say.
No, reasonable people would not have accepted "we're unilaterally deciding to lock you out with no advance notice, over something we could and should have been discussing for many months or years, but instead screwed up so badly that we're doing it ten minutes from now".