This is an important implication that needs to be brought up in the FAQ explicitly. In other words, the public repos are being archived. If I was a maintainer

This is an important implication that needs to be brought up in the FAQ explicitly. In other words, the public repos are being archived. If I was a maintainer responsible for providing up-to-date and secure images, then I think it would indeed by my duty to delete them, if I am no longer able to update them.