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Ruby Central's Attack on RubyGems [pdf]

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659 points jolux | 5 comments | 19 Sep 25 08:09 UTC | HN request time: 0.509s | source
1. jacques_chester ◴[19 Sep 25 15:54 UTC] No.45303067[source]▶
At Shopify I was the person who first proposed that we needed to stump up $$$ for RubyGems (and only by implication Ruby Central).

This is not what I had in mind and now I'm embarrassed that I helped make it possible.

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2. choilive ◴[19 Sep 25 19:37 UTC] No.45305565[source]▶
Sounds like Shopify has some leverage then to open a line of comms with Ruby Central. "Explain yourselves or we will pull funding"
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3. konnorrogers ◴[19 Sep 25 23:45 UTC] No.45308156[source]▶
If that's the case, sounds contradictory to their status as a 501c3 and could get their tax exempt status pulled if it's true.
4. jacques_chester ◴[20 Sep 25 01:57 UTC] No.45309380[source]▶
I should add, to clarify: I don't work at Shopify anymore and I'm not speaking for them. Purely a personal view.
5. prh8 ◴[20 Sep 25 05:10 UTC] No.45310569[source]▶
The problem is that Shopify is leveraged by DHH (who is on their board) to be the financial support referenced elsewhere in today’s discourse. Shopify is a bad actor here