Comment by cperciva

Sure. They're still figuring out exactly how to decide who qualifies for this -- seriously, 5000 github stars or 1M monthly NPM downloads? -- and they don't want to make long-term promises to people who might not qualify under future better-thought-out rules.

That doesn't mean they're not going to continue this, it just means they're being careful not to make promises which they'll want to roll back later.