@mcc @listrophy my understanding (cursory) is that DHH is on the board of Shopify, who are the largest funders of Ruby Central by not a small margin.
I think there's speculation that Ruby Central pulled what they pulled because of pressure from Shopify, and then further speculation that DHH was involved in Shopify deciding to exert that pressure.
ETA: sorry, someone more qualified responded while I was typing this 😞