Ruby Central, the non-profit that recently seized some Ruby open source tools from maintainers, is transferring the repository ownership of RubyGems and Bundler to the Ruby core team. The move appears to be an attempt to mollify the Ruby community following a divisive power grab, but it does not restore the control of those tools to the maintainers who previously oversaw them.

In a blog post on Friday, Ruby creator Yukihiro Matsumoto, a.k.a. Matz, announced that the Ruby core team – the group responsible for the Ruby language – will take over the repository ownership of RubyGems and Bundler. These are essential Ruby tools that, unlike other important components, were developed outside the Ruby organization on GitHub.

"To provide the community with long-term stability and continuity, the

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