Avdi GrimmThe current chaos in WordPress caused by Matt seems like a good time to remind folks that the Mastodon “community” websites and trademarks are 100% owned by one man, despite pleas from current and former project members to make Mastodon a foundation with a board.
Richard Schneeman@avdi and the “Rails foundation” neither owns the trademark (it is “on loan” from Dave) nor helps manage development nor governance.
Bee O'Problem 
Kai Klostermann> I'm solidly in favor of the Benevolent Dictator For Life (BDFL) model of open source stewardship.
https://world.hey.com/dhh/open-source-royalty-and-mad-kings-a8f79d16
Open source royalty and mad kings
I'm solidly in favor of the Benevolent Dictator For Life (BDFL) model of open source stewardship. This is how projects from Linux to Python, from Laravel to Ruby, and yes, Rails, have kept their cohesion, decisiveness, and forward motion. It's a model with decades worth of achievements to its name. But it's not a mandate from heaven. I...
webhat@OddDev @beeoproblem @Schneems @avdi DHH is one of the reasons I don't use RoR any longer, although Ruby is probably one of my favourite languages
Anders Eknert
@anderseknert @OddDev @webhat @beeoproblem @avdi Alt text: "The Worst Person You Know Just Made A Great Point"