From: Xavier Noria <fxn@...>
Date: 2009-08-21T23:23:24+09:00
Subject: Re: Why, oh why, _why?

On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 4:07 PM, Jason Roelofs<jameskilton@gmail.com> wrote:

> It's definitely too late now, or we would have heard if he got hacked. He
> closed up shop and destroyed almost a decade's worth of Ruby information,
> discussions, library documentation, ticket history, etc. I agree with Zed on
> this one, that was a dick move. People use and rely on the tools he's built,
> have contributed back to them, and have helped with the documentation. He
> didn't just destroy his work, he destroyed the work of hundreds, maybe
> thousands, of people who wanted to contribute to Open Source.

He has no obligation to do that. Behore him that didn't exist, well
now it doesn't again. He has the right to disappear, and people may
even appreciate life impermanence.

Source code is all around, if people want to keep those projects
healthy they have the sources and the means to do so. Starting point
is very high compared to years ago.

If that was his way of doing that, just respect him.

(Of course this is all based on speculation.)