Add note about archiving the project
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index d13b44b..a891d61 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md
@@ -1,3 +1,34 @@ +# Python-RSA has been archived + +Hi folks, + +I'm Sybren, one of the original authors and the maintainer of this project. +Unfortunately I don't have the time and brain space left to properly maintain +Python-RSA. As you can see from the lack of activity on the open issues, and the +lack of commits, that has been the case for a while now. + +As Python-RSA is included as a dependency in quite a few high-profile projects, +I don't feel comfortable handing over the project to someone else. It's just too +big of a risk. + +Thanks for having used this little library for so long, and in so many projects. +I truely didn't expect that when I started working on it. Also big thanks to all +the people helping out and improving the project. + +There are improvements that haven't made it into a new release. As I said, I +don't have the time and the brain space to really investigate and oversee the +security impact of all those changes. It's not a decision I've made lightly. + +So that's it. If you want to keep the project alive, please fork it. Give it the +love it deserves, investigate those yet-unreleased improvements, and have a +project that's then already better than how I left this one. + +Cheers, +Sybren + + +--------------------------------------------- + # Pure Python RSA implementation [](https://pypi.org/project/rsa/)