Originally Posted by ariloum
In this case I guess he will not mind if someone reupload it and continue developing?
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Assumptions don't hold up in court. As Dolby mentioned, unauthorized fan uploads breach copyright law. Even if the author doesn't specify a license, there are default terms that the code would fall under. Anyone wanting to take over maintaining an addon needs to contact the original author for explicit permission.
Originally Posted by ariloum
Why did he deleted all messages previuosly from the addon comments section?
All this situation looks strange for me.
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Authors abandon projects all the time. Reasons vary, but it's still their decision to make. Most just post a message describing the state of the addon on the front page. Others PM the staff to remove an addon from the site entirely. I can only imagine in this case, the original author didn't know how to go about this process and made several mistakes along the way.