Library Intentionally Corrupted by Developer Relaunches as a Community-Driven Project

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By EditorDavidJan 16, 2022, 6:59 pm258 pts
Last weekend a developer intentionally corrupted two of his libraries which collectively had more than 20 million weekly downloads and thousands of dependent projects. Eight days later, one of those libraries has become a community controlled project. Some highlights from the announcement at fakerjs.dev: We're…

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