Chalk maintainer here. I said before I wouldn't comment on Marak but I don't want to stand by and watch him profit from this like he is, monetarily or otherwise

Chalk maintainer here. I said before I wouldn't comment on Marak but I don't want to stand by and watch him profit from this like he is, monetarily or otherwise, nor should GitHub receive ANY hate for their actions. He's not banned. It was most likely an initial response to a suspected compromised account situation. Once they determined the actions were carried out by the account holder, they reinstated it. There are MANY reasons to be annoyed with GitHub but this isn't one of them. Github's actions here helped, not hurt. I would hope they'd suspend my account if they too thought it was compromised and pushing out malicious updates to packages. The security of users is of the utmost importance. Marak needs professional medical help. It is clear he's having a mental break and the people defending him and egging him on are only making things worse. He has a history of erratic behavior (dating back to almost a decade ago) and needs to find healing, not accolades. Since this whole fiasco, Marak has garnered loads of followers and has increased his sponsor count dramatically. We should not be rewarding this behavior. If you at all dig into this, you'll find not a stable, perhaps loud individual, but a troubled, erratic, unpredictable, and hurting one. He is not martyr. He's not a patriot or a revolutionist. He's an abuser, potential "freedom fighter", malicious OSS maintainer and a beggar. Please. Let's end this and not give any more attention to Marak. He needs help, and we're all collectively making things worse.