> From: Klint Finley <klintfin...@gmail.com <mailto:klintfin...@gmail.com>> > Date: Tue, Oct 17, 2017 at 10:07 PM > Subject: Press inquiry from WIRED: What happens to open source projects when > their maintainers pass away? > To: > > > Hi, I'm a reporter for Wired.com and I'm working on a story about the > afterlife of open source projects after their maintainers pass away. > > In many cases, open source projects are owned by foundations that can > handle a transition. […]
I just spent about 45 minutes on the phone with Klint, talking through CPAN, PAUSE, and how we handle situations where the original author / current maintainer is no longer responsive, or has retired, or passed away. Most of the questions he asked are explicitly addressed in the PAUSE Operating Model, so the timing was good :-) Neil
