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[–] [email protected] 15 points 4 months ago (2 children)

At least hand it off to someone instead of just letting it die facedown.

[–] [email protected] 51 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Handing it off to someone creates a whole new set of second hand responsibility, if the new maintainers go on to add something malicious.

a la: xz backdoor

The creator was shunned until everyone figured out he had handed it off to someone else.

If someone wants to continue, they can always fork it.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 4 months ago

Appreciate the clarification, you just learned me one. Gotta love the discourse on Lemmy.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 4 months ago

It's open source, isn't it? If anyone is really interested, they can fork it.