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		the_biot 54 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The peaceful transfer of power in open source proj... That's great, but it doesn't always turn out that way. Twice now I've started open source projects, got them to varying levels of success, handed over to another maintainer, and watched it turn to shit. Luck of the draw, I think :-(

ChrisMarshallNY 54 days ago [–]

It's a matter of motivation.

It's a long story, but part of the reason that it took ten years, was because I wasn't gonna hand it over to "just anybody."

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