Shopify, pulling strings at Ruby Central, forces Bundler and RubyGems takeover

Re:Shopify, pulling strings at Ruby Central, forces Bundler ... by mplewis on Tuesday September 23, 2025 @10:37PM (#45355654)

Is it ok to put Goebbels on a stage if he isn't talking politics?

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Re:Shopify, pulling strings at Ruby Central, forces Bundler ... by brigandish on Wednesday September 24, 2025 @02:26AM (#45356964)

I couldn't care less if Hitler, Stalin, Pol Pot or even Bob Monkhouse[2] were pushing open source patches and contributing talks, as long as they:

- do not turn away from debate - do not turn to or espouse violence[1] - and their contributions were of merit

Since DHH has done none of that then the answer is "yes, it's okay to put him on a stage to talk about tech".

[1] I thank Karl Popper for showing the way here with his Paradox of tolerance.

[2] Bob was the master of self-deprecating jokes, I hope he would appreciate that one.

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Re:Shopify, pulling strings at Ruby Central, forces Bundler ... by Klonoar on Wednesday September 24, 2025 @02:33AM (#45357008)

You may be a moron.

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Re:Shopify, pulling strings at Ruby Central, forces Bundler ... by zchrykng on Thursday September 25, 2025 @09:59AM (#45372716)

Is it okay to smear pretty normal people as Nazis for no good reason?

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