The recent Ruby Central tragedy has me in shambles, honestly. It cuts deep at the very spot where I am feeling the most insecurity and the most disenfranchisement. The crux of the issue is creative control. Writing software is a creative endeavor, and we are just now barely getting to the understanding that even though free software promises open source, it does not promise open governance or shared ownership. Something made by a person is their creation, and in the world of pervasive corpora...
