I don't know enough of the fine details, but I believe Andre when he says he was acting in the best interest of the community and in his job as a maintainer, an

I don't know enough of the fine details, but I believe Andre when he says he was acting in the best interest of the community and in his job as a maintainer, and his actions were exacerbated by the lack of clarity from Ruby Central. I don't know about the previous politics between Andre and Ruby Central when their orgs merged, but based on the comments from the other Ruby Central maintainers, I will always side with maintainers first.