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@@ -9,8 +9,7 @@ Citing [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maintenance_mode):
 
 > In the world of software development, maintenance mode refers to a point in a computer program's life when it has reached all of its goals and is generally considered to be "complete" and bug-free. The term can also refer to the point in a software product's evolution when it is no longer competitive with other products or current with regard to the technology environment it operates within.
 
-- The [author](#credits) of this application is not actively developping any major new features (only small fixes)
-- This software is not dead (yet)
+- The [author](#credits) of this application is not actively developing any new major features (only small fixes)
 - New releases are published regularly depending on the contributions made by the community
 - Pull requests for new features and bug fixes are accepted as long as the [guidelines](.github/pull_request_template.md) are followed