• [$] The RubyGems.org takeover

    From LWN.net@86:200/23 to All on Tue Oct 21 06:40:08 2025
    In September, a group of long-time maintainers of Ruby packaging tools
    projects had their GitHub privileges revoked by nonprofit corporation Ruby Central
    in what many people are calling a
    hostile takeover. Ruby Central and its board members have issued
    several public statements that have, so far, failed to satisfy many in
    the Ruby community. In response, some of the former contributors to
    RubyGems are working on an alternative service called gem.coop. On October˙17, ownership
    of the RubyGems and
    Bundler
    repositories was handed over to the Ruby core team, even though those projects had never been part of core Ruby
    previously. The takeover and subsequent events have raised a number of questions in the Ruby community.

    https://lwn.net/Articles/1040778/
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