> If the original author has no use for the project anymore and someone offers to take it over from them, why should the author be expected to refuse? People w

> If the original author has no use for the project anymore and someone offers to take it over from them, why should the author be expected to refuse? People who use your project place their trust in you. If you pass that trust on to another developer without your users' involvement, then that developer's actions reflect on your reputation. Why? Because you've not given me the option of only trusting you. Your policy made it a package deal. It's kinda like how I can't tell Bob about anyone's Christmas gift. He sometimes tells Fred the Loudmouth, who tells everyone and ruins the surprise. Bob never ruins the surprise directly, and he always asks Fred to keep it a secret, but it doesn't matter. I still can't trust Bob, even if Bob's only mistake is that he trusts in the wrong people.