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[rlanday]

Open source projects are guaranteed to be maintained forever?

[hn_throwaway_99 → rlanday]

While of course open source projects can be abandoned, too, in my experience I've seen it much more likely that products, even good, profitable products, are often quickly abandoned if the company deems them no longer "strategic".

[nerdponx → rlanday]

They're easier to fork.

[Groxx → nerdponx]

Also you can pay someone entirely unrelated to fix things, if the need arises.

Try doing that with closed-source software.

[shitgoose → nerdponx]

and abandon.

[PhasmaFelis → shitgoose]

And fork again.