I feel sorry for Karpeles - he'll be walking into a lion's den at the conference. It looks to me like BC Foundation trying to do a hostile takeover on Mt Gox. Gavin is staying mute, Ver claims he knew nothing, the others are silent. Rubbish, they've been planning all of this for months!
Gavin is paid by the Foundation, so his hands are tied, unless he wants to risk losing his paycheck.
And here's his answer:
https://gist.github.com/gavinandresen/5509626Everybody count to ten and take a deep breath in.... hold... out....
Ok.
If you have ever been involved with an organization that has more than three members, you should know that there will always be conflicts between members. Always.
Since the Foundation has corporate members, and since corporations use the legal system to help resolve their disputes (much better than using guns, by the way) it isn't surprising that one member of the Foundation is suing another.
The fact that they both happen to be on the Foundation Board is, in my view, not terribly relevant.
I think his response is condescending, like we're all kids - and he's the only one with a brain around. Also he says essentially he doesn't care about the whole thing. Then a better stance would be to say absolutely nothing, when you have nothing to contribute. Also, the fact that they're suing each other (foundation members) is quite relevant now with the upcoming conference.
Perhaps Gavin should talk to the community about making a fund paying his wage ? An apolitical fund, where all contributions are anonymous, perhaps this could even be baked into the fee-structure in the official client ?