It was a malicious act to the users of his project, sure. But how was it a malicious act to GitHub? I'm glad to hear that they reversed the suspension, but without understanding why it was suspended in the first place, it leaves open the question of what GitHub's motives were in the whole situation.
If DHH decided that Rails was contributing more harm to the world then good, and tried to remove it from GitHub, would GitHub lock his account and restore his repos "on behalf of the community", to side with the smooth operation of the open source ecosystem over a user's personal decisions? To what extent has GitHub decided that they "know best" for the open source community?
If DHH decided that Rails was contributing more harm to the world then good, and tried to remove it from GitHub, would GitHub lock his account and restore his repos "on behalf of the community", to side with the smooth operation of the open source ecosystem over a user's personal decisions? To what extent has GitHub decided that they "know best" for the open source community?