Plan Vert

An open letter to the Rails Core team and Ruby community

David Heinemeier Hansson (DHH) has publicly published writings that make clear he holds racist and transphobic views, as well as a number of other traits undesirable in any figurehead and community leader.

We, the undersigned, call upon the Rails Core team and the wider Ruby community, to:

1. cut ties with DHH and his work from this point forward
2. hard fork Rails and associated projects to a new name and development free from his influence
3. adopt a modern Code of Conduct with suitable community governance

If a forked Rails project can meet these criteria, we pledge to support and cheerlead it to the best of our ability, and will make efforts to change our Rails code to use it at the earliest opportunity.

Name	Project/Affiliation	Contact
0x1eef	llm.rb	0x1eef@proton.me
Aaron Allen	-	https://aaronmallen.me
Aaron Sumner	-	@ruralocity@mastodon.social
Adrian McEwen	MCQN Ltd	@amcewen@mastodon.me.uk
Aji Slater	-	@doodling.dev
Alexander Gräfe	-	@rickrickenharp.bsky.social
Andreas Haller	-	@ahx
Andrew France	-	@odaeus@social.vivaldi.net
Andrew Nesbitt	Ecosyste.ms	andrew@ecosyste.ms
Andy Callaghan	-	https://andycallaghan.com
Ariane R.	-	@ariaru
Astrid Gealer	-	@astrid.place
Aurora Nockert	-	@rawrafox
Can Olcer	-	@can@mstdn.social
Cédric Delalande	Barley Serializer	@MoskitoHero@ruby.social
Chloe Arciniega	-	sapphic.moe
Chris Finazzo	-	@chrisfinazzo
Christof Damian	-	@cdamian@rls.social
Chuck Lauer Vose	-	@vosechu@ruby.social
Corey Farwell	-	rwell.org
Damien Mathieu	Former Rails Issues Team (2012-2014)	dmathieu, dmathieu.com
Danielle Smith	mittsu, kdl	@danini.dev
David Celis	-	davidcel.is
David Mora	-	@dgmora
Denis Defreyne	-	denisdefreyne.com
Derek Houck	-	derekhouck.com
Dirk Breuer	-	@code-later
Dmitry L Rocha	-	@yetanother.place/@dmitry
Edward Loveall	-	edwardloveall.com
Elouan Martinet	User of Mastodon, GitLab and Jekyll	@Exagone313
Elijah Waxwing	-	@waxw.ing
Eric Schultz	-	@wwahammy.com
Eugen Rochko	-	@Gargron@mastodon.social
Evangelos Paterakis	-	@GeopJr@tech.lgbt
F	-	@erbridge@sunspot.garden
Flynn Peck	-	@pigeon_@tech.lgbt
Giles Bowkett	-	@gilesb@gmail.com
Glen Pike	-	https://github.com/glenpike
Greg Donald	TDD Book	@gregdonald@mastodon.social
Gregory Brown	Original author of PrawnPDF	skillstopractice.com
Gregory McIntyre	-	gregorymcintyre.com
fell sunderland	-	hello@fellsunder.land
Hans de Graaff	Ruby maintainer @ Gentoo Linux	@graaff@ruby.social
Harry Wood	-	@en.osm.town/@harry_wood
Henry Catalini Smith	-	henry@catalinismith.se
Huy Dinh	-	@huydinh@hachyderm.io
Jakub Tuček	-	public@otaznik.net
James Jefferies	-	@jamesjefferies@mastodon.me.uk
James Smith	Manyfold	@floppy@mastodon.me.uk
Jamie Schembri	-	@jamie.schembri.me
Jan Krutisch	-	halfbyte@ruby.social
Jan Lelis	-	@janl@mastodon.social
Jared White	Fullstack Ruby	@jaredwhite@indieweb.social
Jason Garber	Not to be confused with the other Jason Garber 👇	sixtwothree.org
Jason Garber	Not to be confused with the other Jason Garber 👆	jasongarber.com
Jay Caines-Gooby	-	jay.gooby.org
Jeff Atwood	discourse.org, Stack Overflow, 2008 blog re: DHH	jatwood@codinghorror.com
Jesse Brooklyn Hannah	-	jbhannah.net
Jessica Ete	-	kohrvid.com
Jessica Phoenix Canady	-	jess@canady.tech
Jim Kingdon	-	@soaproot@sfba.social
Jochen Lillich	-	@monospace@floss.social
Joe Sak	-	@joesak.com
John Baylor	-	@johnb@sfba.social
John Colagioia	-	home page
John Small	-	jds340@gmail.com
John-Paul Teti	-	@jpteti@mastodon.social
Jon Wood	-	@jon@blankpad.net
Jonathon Anderson	-	@anderson_jon@hachyderm.io
Juanjo Salvador	-	@jsalvador@mastodon.social
Kate Donaldson	-	@katelovescode
Dr Kim Foale	Geeks for Social Change	kim@social.gfsc.studio
Konstantin Haase	Sinatra, Rack	open-letter@rkh.im
Laurent Sansonetti	RubyGNOME/RubyCocoa/MacRuby/RubyMotion	hipbyte.com/~lrz
Lea Rosema	-	@lea@lea.lgbt
Liam Arbuckle	-	TheMrScrooby
Lloyd Watkin	-	https://www.evilprofessor.co.uk
Lucas Dohmen	The Rails 6/7/8 Way books	@moonglum@social.yakshed.org
Lumen Sierra	-	@myrialux
Luna Nova	-	@luna@enby.life
Maarten Brouwers	-	https://murb.nl/contact/
Manuel Bustillo	-	https://blog.bustikiller.com/about/
martin	-	@clemtre
Martin Hamilton	Made you type 'www'	martinh.net
matt bluelander	-	mattbee.zone
Matteo Figus	-	matteofigus
Matthew B	-	https://famichiki.jp/@matthew
Michael Schulze	Brain Gourmets GmbH	@michsch@chaos.social
Mike Sax	-	@mikesax@mas.to
Mike Subelsky	-	https://www.subelsky.com
Mina Slater	-	@minaslater
Nate Montgomery	Ruby lover since 2011	@natemontgomery
Nic Lake	-	https://niclake.me
Oliver Klee	Brain Gourmets GmbH	@oliklee@chaos.social
Omar Luqman	stimulus-store	@omarluq.bsky.social
Pat Allan	-	freelancing-gods.com
Peter Boling	ruby-oauth, ruby-openid, appraisal-rb, kettle-rb, galtzo-floss, RuboCop-LTS, floss-funding	@galtzo@ruby.social
Philip Gillißen	-	@guerda@ruhr.social
Pierre de La Morinerie	-	@pmorinerie@mastodon.xyz
Rasmus Grouleff	-	@nerdd@mstdn.social
Richard Degenne	-	https://richarddegenne.fr
Rick Bradley	-	@rick
Rob Yurkowski	-	@robyurkowski@oceanplayground.social
Ryan Bigg	-	https://ruby.social/@ryanbigg
Ryan MacGillivray	-	@ryn@ruby.social
Sam Livingston-Gray	working in Rails since 2006	@geeksam@ruby.social
Sam Phillips	Rails dev and community member since 2009	@samsworldofno.bsky.social
Sam Pikesley	-	sam.pikesley.org
Sander van Kasteel	-	https://social.sandervankasteel.nl/@me
Shannon Skipper	-	https://ruby.social/@havenwood
Sol Ise	-	@solisenet@gmail.com
Sunny Ripert	-	@sunny
Thomas Fuchs	former Rails Core	@thomasfuchs.at
Ti Zhang	-	@zero_tea
Tim Bray	-	@timbray@cosocial.ca
Tim Cowlishaw	-	timcowlishaw.co.uk
Torsten Schönebaum	-	@tosch@gruene.social
Udo Gröbner	-	@udl
Vito Sartori	-	vito.io
Weldys Santos	WS Tech	@weldyss@bolha.us
Wout Fierens	-	@wout.codes
Yvan Sraka	-	@yvan@functional.cafe

Notes (non-normative)

• We appreciate that this would be a very difficult process, and there are many reasons why it "can't be done". However, we don't really know unless we try, and at the very least we can show that there is community demand for action.

• We do not want to restrict DHH's freedom of speech, he can write and say what he likes. However, free speech is not "freedom from the consequences of that speech", and we as a community are completely free not to associate with people who hold views we find abhorrent.

• "Plan Vert" was a railway sabotage campaign by the French resistance during WW2. Reference suggested by @cinebox@masto.hackers.town.

• DHH's writings are available on his blog; we link the archive.org mirror rather than send traffic his way.

• Many people have written their own thoughts on the problems with DHH's influence in Rails and the wider Ruby community (which is not a new problem, but is reaching new levels). Here's a selection:

  • David Celis: Rails Needs New Governance
  • Tekin Süleyman: The Ruby community has a DHH problem
  • Jared White: Ruby Central is Not Behaving in Good Faith, and I’ve Got Receipts
  • Tom Stuart: The DHH Problem (old, but illustrative)

• GitHub issues are disabled on this repo to keep it on-topic and reduce argumentative discussions that go nowhere. Feel free to discuss this in all the usual places though.