3 ms·
You really have to feel for the author. Stepping aside for personal reasons and having someone else take up the mantle of a project is supposed to be a success
by legobmw99 3y ago
You really have to feel for the author. Stepping aside for personal reasons and having someone else take up the mantle of a project is supposed to be a success story of open source - I myself have been on both sides of that process before.
For it to turn out like this is incredibly disappointing
- deleted 3y ago[deleted]
- rurban 3y agoWell, at least it was detected pretty early, and is contained. Extremely wicked backdoor, but he only lost the main maintainer and github. Github will be reactivated soon for him, so others can take over.
- kzrdude 3y agoIs it that easy? I figured he'd face an uphill battle himself - people might not trust him either, by association, or by fear that his accounts have been compromised (and are now impersonating him.)