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Picking the same acronym based on a similar name is VERY underhanded, especially when the acronym is used throughout as the name for the project. The term NSM
by ww520 5y ago
Picking the same acronym based on a similar name is VERY underhanded, especially when the acronym is used throughout as the name for the project. The term NSM is used more than a dozen times while Non Session Manager is used 3 times in their about page. NSM is basically the identity of project. http://non.tuxfamily.org/wiki/Non%20Session%20Manager http://non.tuxfamily.org/wiki/Non%20Session%20Manager
Using the same acronym and the same binary file names to push out Non from the distribution is very underhanded.
This looks like a deliberate aim to confuse the users and taking over the project code and identity. It's not cool.
I don't know JML and don't know his development style. Since he has been gracious enough to open source his project, I assume he's generous enough to share his hard work with others. If people don't like his style, fork the project with a different identity and compete on the merits, rather than stealing his project's identity with confusion.
- mxmilkiib 5y agoPush out non nsm from a distribution? Mate, it was the individual distro packagers that decided enough was enough on that front. You are trying to argue a course of action that would just have confused both users and devs.