When the PolyMC maintainer locked the repository, the rest of the development team (who had been locked out) exercised their rights under open-source licenses. They took the existing code—before the controversial changes—and forked it into a new project: .
: While no actual malware was ever found in the code at that time, the sudden removal of the development team led many platforms and developers to label the project "compromised" or "unsafe" as a precaution. Current Status polymc safe
: The lead maintainer abruptly removed all other contributors and deleted the project's Code of Conduct. When the PolyMC maintainer locked the repository, the
: Because PolyMC relies on remote "meta files" to download game components, critics argued that a single person having total control creates a "single point of failure" where malicious updates could be pushed without oversight. Current Status : The lead maintainer abruptly removed