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[–] funn@lemy.lol 67 points 10 months ago (35 children)

What's the twist? There must be some reason.

[–] lily33@lemm.ee 122 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (5 children)

I guess it's simply the framing: It was a not very actively maintained open source project. So they've decided to turn it over to a new maintainer. Calling that 'donation' is a bit pushing it

[–] joyjoy@lemm.ee 3 points 10 months ago

So it's like "gifting" someone a puppy.

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