> What we've witnessed over the past week

Who is "we"? And what did they witness?

All we got right now is one side of the story.

It is indeed surprising such change wouldn't be immediately followed by a public announcement, but they've been founding and managing RubyGems for a very long time now, so it's not even clear to me how this can be a "takeover".

I'll happily join with my pitchfork if it turns out this is indeed a malevolent move, but until I've read their side of the story, I'd rather wait and see.

Edit: 35 minutes later, here we go: https://rubycentral.org/news/strengthening-the-stewardship-o...