Not only that, but since the last youtube-dl disaster, the original project hasn’t found and readopted its former glory, yet.
From what I’ve read, there is some kind of embarrassing silence going on there, which keeps out a couple of contributors of the project or at least let’s them stay with the forks which were created out of necessity during the disaster period.
It’s clear, the attack on freedom has left a permanent mark on the project. I really do hope, the contributors (I already did) get used to that mark and start contributing just as frequently and convincingly, as before the disaster.
For people who don’t know what I’m referring to: