Real-world example of a free software project handover

25 October 2008
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I wrote earlier how a free software project never stops as long as there are people interested in it. Looking at Midgard's Ohloh analysis, I found a nice example:

Ohloh: MidCOM handover from Torben

Can you see a change when former MidCOM lead developer Torben withdrew from the project?

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