I think Azer should have just said no, waited for npm to force the rename/removal and then pulled all of the repo's. To me, this thread reeks of corporate damag

I think Azer should have just said no, waited for npm to force the rename/removal and then pulled all of the repo's. To me, this thread reeks of corporate damage control. Also it should be stated that mproberts spent the last 6 years ladder climbing at Kik and I can understand that this likely feels like his baby. But Kik's self-entitlement in this case is abhorrent. The package has existed for years and imposing themselves on the developer the way they did is sad, but not surprising given the current patent/trademark climate. It's clear that npm has also done some cleaning, they've gone and tried to remove all evidence of the kik npm package being available in the first place. Even the single "kik" page on npmjs.com has been removed from the Wayback Machine. Talk about thorough.