I can confirm that nobody was 'kicked' but just because some one has decided to leave of their own reconnaissance that does not necessarily mean anything.
We have something in the UK called 'constructive dismissal' and the logic applies in this case perfectly.
Private conversations have been made public and as such a serious breach of trust has occurred.
Unreasonable decisions where made unilaterally without prior discussions or consent of all parties involved.
There has been a lot of hostility, backchannelling, harassment and verbal abuse.
These are just some of the reasons why myself, Ray and others have chosen to leave LE, this was not a decision any of us made lightly and not something any of us wanted but it made us feel like we *HAD* to leave, we tried to address all issues multiple times for it to fall on deaf ears and to be honest none of it should be happening, contributing should be fun and friendly and things just are anything but that right now, the insults and hostility still continue.
Whoever is giving the impression that this was just about getting commits merged needs a reality check as that notion is absurd, our issues run far deeper than something so trivial.