Subj : [$] The RubyGems.org takeover
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From : LWN.net
Date : Mon Oct 20 2025 22:00:09

[$] The RubyGems.org takeover

Date:
Mon, 20 Oct 2025 20:45:54 +0000

Description:
In September, a group of long-time maintainers of Ruby packaging tools
projects had their GitHub privileges for 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 
October17, 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.

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Link to news story:
https://lwn.net/Articles/1040778/


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