README: notice of discontinuing lokomotive developments
+## :warning: End of project :warning:
+
+[![development](https://img.shields.io/badge/development-halted-red.svg)](https://github.com/kinvolk/lokomotive/issues/1582#issuecomment-1170123280)
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+This project has ended, and [**further Lokomotive development has halted**](https://github.com/kinvolk/lokomotive/issues/1582#issuecomment-1170123280).
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+As it is free software, people are free and welcome to fork and develop the codebase on their own.
+However, to avoid any confusion, the original repository is archived and we recommend any further fork/development to proceed with an explicit rename and rebranding first.
+
+We encourage all interested parties to mirror any relevant bits as we can't actively guarantee their existence in the future.
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# Lokomotive <img align="right" width=384 src="docs/images/lokomotive-logo.svg">
Lokomotive is an open source Kubernetes distribution that ships pure upstream
