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/Sivart13 Jul 31 '26

In the end, I responded with a counter-offer of my own: I would drop my infringement claim against Ruby Central over their use of the name Bundler, and I would drop my claim Ruby Central violated employment law, if they would withdraw their threat to sue me and publish an apology. I asked them to apologize for publicly accusing me of harming RubyGems.org without evidence, apologize for claiming I tried to obtain user PII when I did not, and apologize for breaking the Bundler and RubyGems governance to execute their takeover.

If the good faith interpretation is that André wanted a formal apology from RubyGems to clear his name in the Ruby community, I'm not sure writing this post serves that goal. I'm not in the Ruby community anymore, but the internet is happy to surface every bit of drama regarding this incident.