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From my perspective as someone who's seen this happen before: "Released as FOSS" means "We have withdrawn life support and it will now die a slow lingering dea
by mumblemumble 5y ago
From my perspective as someone who's seen this happen before:
"Released as FOSS" means "We have withdrawn life support and it will now die a slow lingering death. Have fun with that." Unless you can spare the resources to maintain it yourself, this marks the point when it's officially time to migrate away immediately.
"Spun off to a small company" means "Someone has now been personally incentivized to take care of it." It's certainly not guaranteed to survive long-term, but it's at least been given a chance at revitalization. It's probably worth sticking around for a while to see what happens.