@evan,

My friend Kaliya says the best invite-only events are the ones where "It's OK to knock." Like, you send out invites to certain people, and they recommend it to friends and colleagues,

So, in this case, I personally was recommended by dozens of people for this conference and "everlasting meeting". The organizers said to them that "we make the rules, they are arbitrary, and that's final".

My little jokes in the main post aside, I'm being kept out because I am the most prolific GPL enforcer in the world, and most people who meet are learning from each other how to avoid complying with the GPL.

At least, that's what I can glean from standing under the treehouse and hearing what I can hear. (I.e., CHR isn't strict and anyone can share redacted emails as long as no individual names are mentioned). I've thus seen every discussion of consequence.

There isn't much of consequence.

The problem is, when you try to make a private, exclusive club, you have to start bouncing people who are willing to say the emperor has no clothes. I'm pretty famous for telling the emperor he's naked.