[ajayyy]

It was not sold. It was transferred to a the contributor of a Safari port. Only the GitHub repository though, not the extension store page. That has always remained with gorhill. So, no one's install was compromised

proof: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/tree/0797d040740de8e9f7552...

[ShamelessC]

Why did origin get made then?

[ajayyy]

The name origin was used because google took it down for using the name ublock after the GitHub repo transfer