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> In which case all of your effort was for nothing. I thought people maintain open-source projects if they use them themselves. In which case, all your effort
by azangru 8y ago
> In which case all of your effort was for nothing.
I thought people maintain open-source projects if they use them themselves. In which case, all your effort was for solving particular use cases that you had.
When developers have no further use for a project (e.g. when they've moved on to a different technology), then the project will likely die. I haven't seen many people keep maintaining a project after they've stopped using it.
- rleigh 8y agoYou can stop using the tool yourself, but still have a large active userbase depending upon it. As a result, you can still end up with an unwritten obligation to support that userbase.