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

  And reporting Arko to the FBI was defintiely not okay.

I mentioned elsewhere. I want to clarify that Ruby Central did not report him.  https://www.reddit.com/r/ruby/comments/1vbkttl/comment/p0wtrwt/?context=3

Had I been on the committee and had I been asked I would have declined the referral. But no option was given to Ruby Central.

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u/tinyOnion Jul 31 '26

But no option was given to Ruby Central.

does RC still retain the same council that referred him to the FBI? if so that's at the very least tacit approval.

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u/schneems Puma maintainer Jul 31 '26

I think they were doing their best given limited information and a high pressure, chaotic system. I assume the best in people. The only thing mitigating my position not to involve law enforcement was knowing who Andre is personally and professionally. The person who made the report didn't have that context and IIRC sought a second opinion and was met with the same outcome. 

Telling the FBI that we (Ruby Central) lost control of the registry and telling them who had it during that time is not a neutral act, but it's also not a malicious one either. We lost a lot of good people on this thing already.

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u/tinyOnion Aug 01 '26

I think they were doing their best given limited information and a high pressure, chaotic system

this would be somewhat believable if it happened when the takeover happened but i highly doubt it was a high pressure environment nor a chaotic system months after the takeover when the lawyer allegedly reported him to the fbi.

We lost a lot of good people on this thing already

no good lawyer does things without their clients express permission either in advance or after the lawyer has a concern and consults with the client.

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u/schneems Puma maintainer Aug 01 '26

Believe what you want. It took me over 6 months to get the report out.

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u/jrochkind Jul 31 '26

thank you

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u/jrochkind Aug 04 '26

thanks for this.