Yes, it is not the cool idea that matters. It is the tools that are important.
Why would I want to take ownership of that for my own security?
It’s also a very good indicator of how invested the author is in the repo. Is this a throwaway weekend project? Is it their “baby” so to speak? Should i even bother asking the author a question if i run into an issue, after all, they didn’t write any of the code so…