[LAD] NSM fork

The recent fork of NSM (Non Session Manager) and the discussion around it has highlighted some issues in the Linux Audio community which I believe need to be addressed. I don't think the fork was handled very well, with antagonism on both sides which could easily have been avoided with a little forethought. The choice of the name New Session Manager and the re-use of the NSM initials is an obvious problem IMO. The original wording on the GitHub README.md, which implied that Non Session Manager was non-free and contained ads and spyware, didn't help. (It was changed after I raised an issue about it). Now Jonathan Liles has been banned for life from LAD after an angry email to the list. The email contained ad-hominem comments, so a block on the post was not unreasonable, but a life ban for one angry post is certainly unreasonable. The fact that the list moderator is also one of the team which forked NSM does not look good. It is a clear conflict of interest. At the very least, Jonathan Liles' list membership should be reinstated. I've been using Linux for pro audio work for over 15 years now, and much of the community spirit that existed when I started seems to have been replaced with an intolerant mindset that expects everyone to conform to its view of how things should be. This doesn't bode well for the future of Linux audio. John