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1. jacque+(OP)
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2025-09-19 15:54:15
At Shopify I was the person who first proposed that we needed to stump up $$$ for RubyGems (and only by implication Ruby Central).
This is not what I had in mind and now I'm embarrassed that I helped make it possible.
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2. choili+iE
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2025-09-19 19:37:57
>>jacque+(OP)
Sounds like Shopify has some leverage then to open a line of comms with Ruby Central. "Explain yourselves or we will pull funding"
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3. konnor+5k1
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2025-09-19 23:45:33
>>choili+iE
If that's the case, sounds contradictory to their status as a 501c3 and could get their tax exempt status pulled if it's true.
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4. jacque+PD1
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2025-09-20 01:57:35
>>jacque+(OP)
I should add, to clarify: I don't work at Shopify anymore and I'm not speaking for them. Purely a personal view.
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5. prh8+0X1
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2025-09-20 05:10:34
>>choili+iE
The problem is that Shopify is leveraged by DHH (who is on their board) to be the financial support referenced elsewhere in today’s discourse. Shopify is a bad actor here
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