David Heinemeier-Hanson (DHH) has publicly published writings that make clear he holds racist and transphobic views, as well as a number of other traits undesirable in any figurehead and community leader.
We, the undersigned, call upon the Rails Core team, with the support of the wider Ruby community, to:
- cut ties with DHH and his work from this point forward
- hard fork Rails and associated projects to a new name and development free from his influence
- adopt a modern Code of Conduct with suitable community governance
If a forked Rails project can meet these criteria, we pledge to support and cheerlead it to the best of our ability, and will make efforts to change our Rails code to use it at the earliest opportunity.
| Name | Project/Affiliation | Contact |
|---|---|---|
| Aaron Allen | - | https://aaronmallen.me |
| Adrian McEwen | MCQN Ltd | @[email protected] |
| Andrew Nesbitt | Ecosyste.ms | [email protected] |
| Cédric Delalande | Barley Serializer | @[email protected] |
| David Celis | - | davidcel.is |
| Derek Houck | - | derekhouck.com |
| Dmitry L Rocha | - | @yetanother.place/@dmitry |
| F | - | @[email protected] |
| Harry Wood | - | @en.osm.town/@harry_wood |
| James Smith | Manyfold | @[email protected] |
| Jared White | Fullstack Ruby | @[email protected] |
| Joe Sak | - | @joesak.com |
| Jochen Lillich | - | @[email protected] |
| John-Paul Teti | - | @[email protected] |
| Jon Wood | - | @[email protected] |
| Jonathon Anderson | - | @[email protected] |
| Dr Kim Foale | Geeks for Social Change | [email protected] |
| Manuel Bustillo | - | https://blog.bustikiller.com/about/ |
| Weldys Santos | WS Tech | @[email protected] |
| Wout Fierens | - | @wout.codes |
| Vito Sartori | - | vito.io |
| ... | ... | ... |
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"Plan Vert" was a railway sabotage campaign by the French resistance during WW2. Reference suggested by @[email protected].
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DHH's writings are available on his blog; we link the archive.org mirror rather than send traffic his way.
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Many people have written their own thoughts on this (which is not a new problem, but is reaching new levels). Here's a selection: