Comment by drclau

5 years ago

The repo currently contains a single README.md.

https://github.com/actix/actix-web

Edit: I was not aware he moved it under his personal github account and it’s still accessible. Nonetheless, I still think removing it is a bit extreme.

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dyeje  5 years ago

Yea, because the maintainer was tired of being abused.

  • drclau  5 years ago

    I understand how he may he feeling, but this is probably the most used web framework for Rust. He may be hurting a lot more people and projects then just the people he disagreed with.

    A proper way of handling this would have been to abandon the project and let someone else pick it up. My understanding is that he did move the source code under his own git user, so hopefully he’ll allow someone else to pick it and maintain.

    • xscott  5 years ago

      > My understanding is that he did move the source code under his own git user

      It's not hard to find: https://github.com/fafhrd91/actix-web

      > so hopefully he’ll allow someone else to pick it and maintain.

      It uses the both the Apache and MIT licenses, each of which clearly allows redistribution of derivative works. It will be interesting to see if anyone (much less the abusive people) are willing to put their money where their mouths are about it.

      I think he's being very gracious, all things considered.

    • rumanator  5 years ago

      > I understand how he may he feeling, but this is probably the most used web framework for Rust.

      Not a problem. Just fork it and put in the work to maintain it. The license grants anyonr that right. What stops anyone from doing it?

      If that's too much to ask then perhaps it should put into perspective how project maintainers are abused.

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