Then, your choice of words is not ideal:
>NOTE: I no longer actively maintain this package. I'd love to get PRs to keep it going though!
If it's not maintained anymore then I as a developer don't really gain anything (bugfixes, features) by submitting a PR vs. just forking myself. So the choice to fork is understandable, even if it's not what you intended to happen.
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