Set that aside, which obviously stinks, but then why is said obviously incompetent organization sharing confidential corporate emails with the public, saying this guy proposing a corporate data access plan in exchange for consulting fees is crossing "ethical and legal boundaries?"

Are you serious? This reeks of someone or a number of people who have no idea what they're doing. Have these people never worked with a business before? Never spoken with a software firm? A marketing firm? Any consultancy whatsoever?

Who owns the registry? What is going on here? This is insane.

It makes the entire Ruby ecosystem look like it's run by children.