@jaredwhite I think this is in part because open source "just is" and the most reductive form is that the only relevant human-facing detail is whatever the license terms are.

But the web exists in a more tangible way, with named places that are globally accessible... and people operating those […]

@jaredwhite I agree. I entered the tech world through the free software movement and so my views on open source have always been a bit mixed.

But part of what I am thinking about is that the nature of the web is such that it's inherently large/interconnected with the world, and so it is closer […]

@adarsh Very much know how that feels.

Here's hoping that a sense of being recalled to life sticks.

Also, thank you for your efforts in your time at Ruby Central.

@getajobmike @rubycentral

I thought that in part it was running conferences to offset infrastructure operations costs, but Ufuk corrected me on Reddit to remind me that post COVID this has not been true, and that the conferences run at a loss or break even.

I submitted a question to Ruby […]

@jaredwhite Don't need outside forces when the threat is coming from inside the building.

I've been an exec coach / management consultant for 21 years. Nobody writes a letter on official letterhead from "The Business" when they want something sketchy done.

They put the right person in the […]

Here's the exact text I submitted.

https://github.com/community-research-on-ruby-governance/questions-for-ruby-central/commit/4c2c3f322c1d0c97d825dd5cb4832fdbf8927531

If you send in a request of your own along these lines, please do send a pull request to put it on public record.

I do give […]

I strongly urge people to continue to submit questions to Ruby Central that deserve to be answered, even if you've lost faith in the organization.

If you do, please also consider putting your questions on public record by sending a pull request to this repository […]