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This is my understanding as well.

There's a lot of merit to Open Source. But there's also a lot of spam, politics and drama that comes with opening up. That negativity is invisible to people who haven't encountered it, or are simply guilty of causing it.

Maintainer burnout is real; more power to John for choosing whatever keeps him focused on building good software.



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