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> stealing names won't go unpunished, not sure why the author doesn't think that'd extend to the collection of modules they made. Why is it even possible in th
by bastawhiz 6y ago
> stealing names won't go unpunished, not sure why the author doesn't think that'd extend to the collection of modules they made.
Why is it even possible in the first place? Why even have this absurd thirty day system?
- malwrar 6y agoGood question, I think it's dumb too. I guess people might create a package, abandon it, then fall off the face of the earth? The modular synth community is still pretty indie, and there's a lot of homegrown modules out there. I figure this is probably intended to free up cool-sounding names that are abandoned. The maintainer just never considered that people might take month-long breaks, or might have thought the ethics policy would be enough to deal with the probably practically rare threat of bad-faith actors.
- bastawhiz 6y agoIt's like if github said that someone could just take over your account and all its repos if you took a sabbatical. That's an absolutely wild policy