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-These crates have been published under the `google-*` prefix in the early days of the Rust ecosystem, but by now it has become 
-more of an issue as Google might become interested in publishing their own, and wondering why someone unaffiliated would take their name.
+### Maintenance Mode
 
-For that reason, these crates are now unmaintained and shall be handed over to Google when they choose to release their own.
+No new features will be implemented, but contributions are welcome. From time to time new releases will be published to crates.io.
+
+Also, **we are looking for a new maintainer**.
 
 ### WARNING
 
-The following crates are not under my control and have been published by another party
+The following crates are not under our control and have been published by another party
 
 * `google-privateca1-cli`
 * `google-recaptchaenterprise1-cli`