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(this is the sole tweet i am allowing myself on all of this. kinda wild that this happens when i am busy with my own stuff. oh well.)
okay. i am allowing myself more tweets. ugh. i hate this. but it has to be said
the rails world has *never* come to terms with something that david has said himself for years: rails is his. he gets to do what he wants with it. it is not a democracy. rails is not built for your needs. it's built for david's needs. if it helps you, fine, but he does not care.
he has always been very upfront about this, but folks don't want it to be true, so there's this weird like, way that folks completely delude themselves about it. including me. for years. i don't know why i just didn't take him at his word.
for those of you considering a fork: hello. welcome. you're not the first. that doesn't mean that it's impossible, or wrong, but... you've got a big uphill battle.
i have been out of the rails world for a while. nothing that i've seen over the years causes me to believe that this fundamental tenant of rails governance has changed in any way. so.
many other great people have made serious contributions to rails over the years. and some of them aren't the famous people that you've heard of. some are, they're often great too.

they deserve better.
think about what i've said, and then go back and read steveklabnik.com/writing/rails-…
anyway. probably time to stfu about this topic now. i've got too much other shit to do. but in my newfound commitment to not ignore issues, i feel like i've not said this for an extremely long time. feels good to say it.
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