QUOTE(carbuncle @ Wed 27th October 2010, 11:54am)
Has anyone considered the possibility that Godwin decided to leave of his accord? Perhaps for "personnel" reasons?
Since we're speculating here, maybe he saw something coming down the pike that he didn't want to be around for or be associated with? Perhaps being the WMF's lawyer isn't such a great gig when they get successfully sued or stripped of their charity status? Not that I think either of those is likely to happen, but those were the only examples that sprang to mind.
That was my first consideration.
But, then I don't think he would have agreed to the wording of Gardner's posting. In fact, he would have probably insisted on as tersely-worded and uninformative a note as possible.
Because if you read between the lines and see how Gardner positioned the whole thing as being more Godwin's "fault" than the WMF's "fault", I think this was an unanticipated departure for Godwin.