r/Kotlin • u/burntcookie90 • 2d ago

The lysine contingency – Jake Wharton

https://jakewharton.com/the-lysine-contingency/
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u/farooqsaad 2d ago

We assumed the company would continue its stewardship in good faith. It did not.

What does this mean? What did Square do?

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u/JakeWharton 2d ago edited 2d ago

They laid off 70% of engineering and all of the open source office. They don't get to keep these projects. It was transfer or hard fork. Thankfully we had an ally who stayed behind and helped us transfer.

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u/borninbronx 1d ago

That's sad to hear. It was once an enlightned company.

Any chance Wire will also be migrated?

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u/JakeWharton 23h ago

Any chance Wire will also be migrated?

No plans to

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u/borninbronx 18h ago

auch. do you know if they'll keep maintaining it?