Ruby Central recently took over a collection of open source projects from their maintainers without their consent. News of the takeover was first broken by Ellen on 19 September. I have spoken to about a dozen people directly involved in the events, and seen a recording of a key meeting between Ruby Gems maintainers and Ruby Central, to uncover what went on. Here’s a quick summary of what I know: Ruby Central was struggling for money. Sidekiq withdrew its $250,000/year sponsorship for Ruby Centr...