diff --git a/uBlock-vs.-uBlock-Origin:-Facts.md b/uBlock-vs.-uBlock-Origin:-Facts.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..7cbb964 --- /dev/null +++ b/uBlock-vs.-uBlock-Origin:-Facts.md @@ -0,0 +1,27 @@ +[Under construction] + +#### Chris Aljoudi is "the creator of uBlock" + +Instances: [here](https://twitter.com/thenickde/status/614503721590898688). + +Completely false. + +[Chris Aljoudi](https://github.com/chrisaljoudi) was one of the lesser contributor when he was handed over **maintainership** on April 1st: + +![a](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/585534/8421391/cbd59f96-1e9b-11e5-886d-278a00a32792.png) + +Before being handed over **maintainership**, he was taking care to further develop the Safari port of uBlock, which was first brought entirely to life by another developer, [Deathamns](https://github.com/Deathamns). + +Since being handed over the project, his _own_ uBlock work has _mostly_ consisted of [re-skinning uBlock](https://github.com/chrisaljoudi/uBlock/releases). + +So to call him the "creator of uBlock" is a quite low blow to those who actually did all the real hard work to make uBlock what it is today. + +#### "Raymond Hill leaved the project only to come back about a week later" + +Instances: [here](http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2284427). + +Completely false. + +I handed over **maintainership**, upon which I _immediately_ created a fork of my own project so that I could continue to work in a more quiet environment -- as my own time had become dedicated to answer spurious issues on GitHub. + +See my [commit history](https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/commits/master): at no point did I stop working on uBlock. And as far as I am concerned, this worked, as I finally could immediately find the time to do actual code and work to finally resolve [long](https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/issues/58) [standing](https://github.com/chrisaljoudi/uBlock/issues/68) [issues](https://github.com/chrisaljoudi/uBlock/issues/308), while bringing in new features. See [release history](https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/releases) for details. \ No newline at end of file