[j1elo]

> this is very logical and exactly what I would have done

I made a comment regarding this, before realizing yours, so I'm kinda repeating myself here, but it's something that piques my curiosity:

What would stop you from just continuing in a different repo (even different host like Gitee), with a pseudonymous, and claim that you have no idea who's that mysterious person that forked and continued working on the project?