[Cthulhu_]

So what's stopping anyone - e.g. Chef or ICE - from just forking the code and continuing as before?

[sgift]

In this case probably that the author removed all files from the repository. But if someone finds a copy: Nothing. It was (as far as I can gather) under an open-source license and people continue to have all the rights associated with that.

[mieseratte]

Here's a mirror: https://gitlab.openminds.be/mirror/chef-sugar/-/branches