[shioyama]

I actually ended up going further and removing me as author from gems I don't actually maintain anymore, which brings down my exposure considerably. It's actually not as easy as it could be to remove yourself as an author from a gem (have to do it via command line).

[rcfox]

What happens to orphaned gems? It seems like someone could make the case for getting ownership of them much easier than if you kept ownership and added a loud deprecation warning.

[shioyama]

I wasn't the only author on those gems, the others are (mostly) still active. Not sure how orphaned gems are handled, though.