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After reading the article, a fun thought popped into my head. Who has the right to determine if a project like this is dead or EOL'd? Is it the original author

After reading the article, a fun thought popped into my head. Who has the right to determine if a project like this is dead or EOL'd? Is it the original author to make that declaration or when it is under BSD license, wide community-use, and support -- when does a project like this truly become dead or EOL'd?

dartos 2y ago
Well EOL usually means something like “end of official support, active development, and security patches” so the owner/creator/foundation usually chooses when. “Dead” is usually a colloquialism, so if enough people call it dead, it is.
- zokier 2y ago
  The corollary is that if you didn't have any support to begin with, as is the case with most open source projects, EOL is pretty meaningless concept.
  - dartos 2y ago
    The OSS analogue would be “unmaintained” I guess.
anamexis 2y ago
Whoever owns the canonical repo (also, any relevant trademarks) has a lot of power in this situation. The community can certainly fork it, but then you start asking if the fork is a new project.
patmorgan23 2y ago
The official maintainers say they won't be maintaining the repo any more. Anyone else is always welcome to fork and form their own project to continue to maintain the software.
cess11 2y ago
The article backs on the claim in the title, making the title kind of clickbait: "Is YARA really dead? Despite the dramatic title of this post, YARA is not actually dead. I’m aware that many people and organizations rely on YARA to get important work done, and I don’t want to let them down. YARA is still being maintained, and future releases will include bug fixes and minor features. However, don’t expect new large features or modules. All efforts to enhance YARA, including the addition of new modules, will now focus on YARA-X."

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After reading the article, a fun thought popped into my head. Who has the right to determine if a project like this is dead or EOL'd? Is it the original author

by kingforaday 2y ago

dartos 2y ago
Well EOL usually means something like “end of official support, active development, and security patches” so the owner/creator/foundation usually chooses when. “Dead” is usually a colloquialism, so if enough people call it dead, it is.
- zokier 2y ago
  The corollary is that if you didn't have any support to begin with, as is the case with most open source projects, EOL is pretty meaningless concept.
  - dartos 2y ago
    The OSS analogue would be “unmaintained” I guess.
anamexis 2y ago
Whoever owns the canonical repo (also, any relevant trademarks) has a lot of power in this situation. The community can certainly fork it, but then you start asking if the fork is a new project.
patmorgan23 2y ago
The official maintainers say they won't be maintaining the repo any more. Anyone else is always welcome to fork and form their own project to continue to maintain the software.
cess11 2y ago
The article backs on the claim in the title, making the title kind of clickbait: "Is YARA really dead? Despite the dramatic title of this post, YARA is not actually dead. I’m aware that many people and organizations rely on YARA to get important work done, and I don’t want to let them down. YARA is still being maintained, and future releases will include bug fixes and minor features. However, don’t expect new large features or modules. All efforts to enhance YARA, including the addition of new modules, will now focus on YARA-X."