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> Only sponsorships tied to the project itself will continue to be tied to the project Yeah, but the project is not actually the same anymore. The new project
by young_unixer 5y ago
> Only sponsorships tied to the project itself will continue to be tied to the project
Yeah, but the project is not actually the same anymore. The new project taking over the name and URL of the old project doesn't make it "the same" project.
- PragmaticPulp 5y ago> The new project taking over the name and URL of the old project doesn't make it "the same" project. Do you really think the sponsors and the people using this code actually care that one person (of many contributors to the project) who wanted to break the project is no longer part of the project? It's a technicality, but in practice nobody actually cares. If they wanted to sponsor Marak they would have done it through his Github sponsorships. If they wanted to sponsor Fakerjs, in whatever form it takes, they would choose the Open Collective and their associated terms that allow for exactly this scenario.
- kekkidy 5y ago
- young_unixer 5y ago> Do you really think the sponsors and the people using this code actually care that one person (of many contributors to the project) who wanted to break the project is no longer part of the project? Some of them probably do. And some probably don't like the way in which the takeover was done, or don't like the new guys, even if they don't really like what the old guy did either.
- epolanski 5y agoOk, but the question is, what entitles these people, rather than other to claim a fork as "community successor"?
- Aeolun 5y agoGood preparation? The fact that this site is at the top of HN? I don’t think anyone really cares as long as the community settles on only one. Personally I’m happy a group (and only one group) of people has stepped up to take over stewardship.
- butlerm 5y agoNothing. People vote with their feet or their checkbooks.