• blackluster117
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    5 months ago

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

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      5 months ago

      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.

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        5 months ago

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