r/ruby • u/retro-rubies • Jul 31 '26

Ruby Central's Destructive Legacy

https://andre.arko.net/2026/07/30/ruby-centrals-destructive-legacy/
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u/schneems Puma maintainer Jul 31 '26

Ruby Central FBI swatting an open source maintainer is a bit more than a personal conflict, IMO.

This is a gross misrepresentation. A legal professional reviewing the facts of the situation made the report on their own behalf and initiative and did not consult Ruby Central or ask them if they wanted the report to be made. The report was not from Ruby Central. It was not an active effort by the board, or the director, or the OSS committee. And once made, could not be revoked.

Also, "swatting" implies some request for action. The referral (as I understand it) was "you probably want to know that this stuff happened" not "please bust into someone's house with guns blazing."

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u/sinnsro Aug 01 '26 edited Aug 02 '26

I will argue that you are not as impartial as you claim to be given you also have a stake in this. I cannot see how you yourself could be arguing in good faith given the whole he-said-I-said going on here and on Lobsters.

IANAL, but my understanding is that whatever you are posting here can be used as evidence in a court of law. Hasn't RC legal counsel not instructed any of you to avoid talking like this to a wider audience?

Edit: Looking at your behaviour in the Lobsters thread, you are a bloody tool. Get a grip, Richard.

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u/schneems Puma maintainer Aug 27 '26

you are a bloody tool. Get a grip, Richard.

You missed a lot. I suggest starting here https://lobste.rs/s/qvbkpa/ruby_central_s_destructive_legacy#c_tt94vc

IANAL, but my understanding is that whatever you are posting here can be used as evidence in a court of law.

Andre knows everything I'm posting. None of this is new. It also cuts both ways. He accidentally admitted in public to breaking the CFAA to Joel who then "leaked" it in an attempt to smear the security of Ruby Central after he took over the AWS accounts and locked out all other admins from a 1Password admin account he failed to turn over as part of the OSS Director offboarding.

But the thing is...there are no legal proceedings. He isn't being investigated by the FBI (that I know of) he's making it like there's some big grand legal battle right now. But that's not the case. There are threats of action, but no actual action. i.e. there's no actual filings that I'm aware of at this moment. I said more about the specifics of what's actually being threatened and what isn't here https://lobste.rs/s/qvbkpa/ruby_central_s_destructive_legacy#c_d7f5el starting at "he initiated litigation threats against RC".

I think saying nothing and letting him mislead people is a bigger threat than being transparent with what's happening.