The debate surrounding the Codes of Conduct (CoC) adopted by Open Source projects may be reaching a turning point. In September 2025, a controversy erupted over the governance of RubyGems, a cornerstone of the Ruby ecosystem, sending significant ripples through the community. While not directly related, this turmoil served as a catalyst for two prominent figures, David Heinemeier Hansson (DHH), the creator of Ruby on Rails, and Eric S. Raymond (ESR), a former Open Source evangelist, to launch sc...