Some history from my state:
"Junius Groves and his wife Matilda were potato farmers near Edwardsville in Wyandotte County. The potatoes were shipped all over the country by rail and Union Pacific Railroad even put a spur line on the Groves farm to make it easier to load the produce. Junius became known as the “potato king of the world” because he grew more potatoes per acre than anyone else. He built a golf course for African-Americans and served as a trustee for Western University in Quindaro."
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Open source maintainership is about to become a whole lot more annoying.