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[โ€“] pop@lemmy.ml 38 points 3 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.

[โ€“] blackluster117@possumpat.io 18 points 3 months ago

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