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Infree and open source software andinner source software, asoftware maintainer orpackage maintainer is usually one or more people who buildsource code into abinarypackage fordistribution, commitpatches, or organize code in asource repository.[1] If the maintainer stops doing their work on the project, then the development of the project stops. If another person not associated with the maintainer releases a new version of the project, it is said that afork has been created. So for example happened withuClibc.
Maintainers oftencryptographically sign binaries so that people can verify their authenticity.
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