I sincerely hope this isn't related to the recent legal stuff that was going on (http://www.plainsite.org/dockets/1vely89ia/oregon-district-c... etc). Going away due to natural causes is tragic enough.
For the lazy, the introduction of the complaint (at the bottom of the page):
(Jan. 2014) "This is a civil action for damages brought by plaintiff Michael G. Schwern against his exwife, defendant Nóirín Plunkett. Plaintiff and defendant are both nternationally renowned open source computer software experts and ctivists for women’s rights in the open source software development community. Defendant intentionally, falsely, and without privilege claimed to third parties that plaintiff had sexually assaulted her and subjected her to intimate partner violence. Plaintiff has suffered immediate, severe, and lasting damage to his professional, volunteer, and social lives and to his reputation, together with profound emotional harm. Plaintiff states claims for defamation, intentional infliction of severe emotional distress, and intentional interference with prospective economic relations."
As of the most recent filings it looks like they were still fighting it out.
Not just fighting, but fighting very dirty. Not many cases get to the point of "he anonymously sent me flowers in an attempt to intimidate me" / "I didn't send any flowers, and moreover I have evidence that she sent the flowers to herself in an attempt to fabricate evidence".
The allegation that Plunkett actually sent the "threat" flowers to herself (allegedly backed up by the credit card data and order history from the merchant) is noteworthy for the utter wildness involved.
But it looks like nothing has happened recently in the cases (since June 25th) while waiting on part of the appeal. So GGP's line of inquiry seems to be answered with a probably not?
I do not assume to know which it might be, but the chance that it might be the latter makes me think that the question still matters, since as of yet, that developer is still assumed guilty without there ever having been a trial.
This does not mean that i do not have nothing but the utmost sympathy for all those hurt by her passing. I merely think it does not merit ignoring the possibly undeserved pain of another.
Nothing here has crossed the line of disrespect.
Regardless, this forum is probably the wrong venue to discuss the circumstances of the personal life of the deceased.