You'd be forking 2 year old code, he hasn't updated the repo in the last 2 years, knowing that the next OS release would leave commercial users at his mercy. Ap

You'd be forking 2 year old code, he hasn't updated the repo in the last 2 years, knowing that the next OS release would leave commercial users at his mercy. Apple also doesn't just hand out kernel extension signing certificates to everyone that signs up for a developer account, you'd have to be someone with some reputation. It was a well-executed fake punt, he'll get people to pay; Catalina is out now and if you want to pick it up from the fork it would take a long time to get it right. That said, I would imagine organizations like Google will make the effort after paying the toll this time because the price will only go up.