Founder of Nova Launcher released by Branch. Nobody that worked on Nova before the Branch acquisition is there anymore. https://old.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/1n9hm0s/founder_of_nova_launcher_released_by_branch/

the statement itself: https://teslacoilapps.com/nova/solong.html

> If Kevin were to ever leave, it's contracted that the code will be open sourced and put in the hands of the community

> However I was ultimately asked to stop working on Nova Launcher and the open sourcing effort.