> The new project taking over the name and URL of the old project doesn't make it "the same" project.
Do you really think the sponsors and the people using this code actually care that one person (of many contributors to the project) who wanted to break the project is no longer part of the project?
It's a technicality, but in practice nobody actually cares. If they wanted to sponsor Marak they would have done it through his Github sponsorships. If they wanted to sponsor Fakerjs, in whatever form it takes, they would choose the Open Collective and their associated terms that allow for exactly this scenario.
> Do you really think the sponsors and the people using this code actually care that one person (of many contributors to the project) who wanted to break the project is no longer part of the project?
Some of them probably do. And some probably don't like the way in which the takeover was done, or don't like the new guys, even if they don't really like what the old guy did either.
Good preparation? The fact that this site is at the top of HN? I don’t think anyone really cares as long as the community settles on only one. Personally I’m happy a group (and only one group) of people has stepped up to take over stewardship.
Do you really think the sponsors and the people using this code actually care that one person (of many contributors to the project) who wanted to break the project is no longer part of the project?
It's a technicality, but in practice nobody actually cares. If they wanted to sponsor Marak they would have done it through his Github sponsorships. If they wanted to sponsor Fakerjs, in whatever form it takes, they would choose the Open Collective and their associated terms that allow for exactly this scenario.