Apache #Pekko is replacing #Akka in Play Framework ❤️😍
I really wish Lightbend well, I hope they thrive, but blowing up the FOSS ecosystem around Akka was a foreseeable consequence of its licensing turning proprietary. All FOSS projects will predictably move to Pekko, and Pekko isn't a drop-in replacement (due to the inevitable change in packages), which puts Akka in a very tough spot.
N.b., version 2.9 is probably the last release with support for Akka.
Dust hasn't settled yet on Apache #Pekko, but I really believe it will thrive.
This is the true power of #FOSS. When you don't agree with the direction, you can fork from the last adequate version! Resources are required, but where there's a need, there's a way 💪
Furthermore, in the case of Pekko, #Apache was the best organization to take this on because they have adequate processes that give credibility to such forks.