an important point

an important point

It's important to note that it was *not* public knowledge at the time that you were married, much
less that your wife was pregnant. The logical conclusion here is that whoever posted that
disgusting threat is someone who knows you on a more personal level, otherwise they wouldn't
have known any of that stuff. For whatever reason, the perpetrator decided to try to terrorize
you, while trying to pin the blame on the Linux community. That would be really convenient for
the perpetrator, you have to admit. I couldn't begin to guess what sort of person would be
harboring a grudge like that. Could be connected to the Mooney situation, for all we know.

I've said it before, but I'll say it again particularly about that one comment: If you haven't
contacted law enforcement about it already, you'd be wise to do so. Slashdot comments from
15-year old geeks in Norway are one thing, but this is quite another. If there's any chance that
your family could be in real danger, you shouldn't try to handle this on your own, for their sake if
not yours. The person who posted that probably has your address, since it's appeared in various
places (court documents, whois listings, etc.). I'm not saying you need to move, but a home
security upgrade might be a good idea.

I think you'll find that despite all the heated arguing over things like the $50k kernel issue a few
months ago, the Linux community as a whole will regard all that as a "family squabble", and
people will stand by you and reject the few extreme nutcases who do horrible things like this.
People would probably even help you track them down, if it came to that.