tl;dr: A Boulder woman is suing the Ethereum Foundation after being fired for organizing employee resistance to a 1,000-year "mandate" document that included a "Source Seppuku License" pledging authors would commit suicide by sword if they failed to keep the software free. Foundation leadership, including Vitalik Buterin, defended the clause as artistic/cultural reference not meant literally, but demanded employees commit to the mandate or resign. The lawsuit alleges disability discrimination and retaliation, and claims the mandate triggered an exodus, with most of the 53 employees who signed a protest letter later resigning or being terminated.