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>>No, there doesn't. The "reality" is this: you are using the code I have given out, and that's all you get from me. Fine, then say so on the readme file! It's

>>No, there doesn't. The "reality" is this: you are using the code I have given out, and that's all you get from me. Fine, then say so on the readme file! It's not lack of updates people are worried about. It's the uncertainty that comes with not knowing whether the owner intends to continue developing it or if they have abandoned it. If you pay some attention, you'll see that's what this entire conversation is about: the owner of a popular project being the single point of failure and then going missing. >>I do not owe you my free time because I posted a library on GitHub, though I may choose to give you my time. I am also free to rescind that offer at any time, and guess what -- I do not need your approval to do so (because, really, you are not that important). End of story. Again, no one is asking for your free time. If you don't want to update the project or push fixes, fine, whatever. The only thing people are asking you to do is to transfer ownership of the project - or at least admin/maintainer rights - to someone else in a responsible manner if you decide to abandon it. You may call this "entitlement." I call it "being an adult." And frankly, get over yourself. You aren't that important either. Just because you posted a piece of shitty code on Github doesn't give you the right to act like an asshole when people come to rely on that code. Try not to let it get to your head too much, mmkay?

inimino 10y ago
> Fine, then say so on the readme file! Understanding that a project with a single maintainer may become unmaintained unexpectedly should be common sense. > Again, no one is asking for your free time. You literally are. Including the time and energy needed to decide whether or not to continue maintaining the project, and to hand it off in an appropriate way. > Just because you posted a piece of shitty code on Github doesn't give you the right to act like an asshole when people come to rely on that code. Is this normally the tone you take when asking people who helped you to keep helping you? Just because you randomly downloaded some code from Github and chose to rely on it doesn't mean the author owes you a damn thing. Don't like it? Fork it. That actually is how open source works.

inimino 10y ago

> Fine, then say so on the readme file! Understanding that a project with a single maintainer may become unmaintained unexpectedly should be common sense. > Again, no one is asking for your free time. You literally are. Including the time and energy needed to decide whether or not to continue maintaining the project, and to hand it off in an appropriate way. > Just because you posted a piece of shitty code on Github doesn't give you the right to act like an asshole when people come to rely on that code. Is this normally the tone you take when asking people who helped you to keep helping you? Just because you randomly downloaded some code from Github and chose to rely on it doesn't mean the author owes you a damn thing. Don't like it? Fork it. That actually is how open source works.