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So it’s okay for Matz to get HSBT to steal people’s open source projects? What if Matz sponsors stole Ruby from him? WTF?

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rich_kilmer|4 months ago

I was one of the originating authors of RubyGems along with Jim (RIP), Chad, David and Paul. I hosted RubyGems from my home for the entire community for many years. We never asked nor received anything for that. We wrote RubyGems for the Ruby community. Matz and the Ruby Core team is the right place for RubyGems. This is great news.

sebiw|4 months ago

Thanks for sharing. RIP Jim, I miss him being part of the community.

the_mitsuhiko|4 months ago

> So it’s okay for Matz to get HSBT to steal people’s open source projects?

Where is the theft? The projects were open source, they are still open source.

bmacho|4 months ago

The software is open source, not the project.

The name is not for the taking. You can download the code, modify and release it, but you can't just claim ownership over a product.

mijoharas|4 months ago

Have we got any sources for Matz getting HSBT to steal it? I mean, I get that they're both members of ruby core, but that's a bit of a claim.