People unfamiliar with code base can easily screw it, here is SimplePie example: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44061563 https://news.ycombinator.com/ite

People unfamiliar with code base can easily screw it, here is SimplePie example: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44061563 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44061563 I don't think that approach is reasonable. When you are effectively making a fork, don't freeload on existing project name and burden him with problems you cause.