On Tue, Jan 05, 2021 at 09:49:07AM -0600, Aaron Duerksen wrote:
> It's not an official rule.?? Just the nature of public projects.?? If only
> one person wants to contribute, then that's fine.?? But it can't be
> guaranteed like that.

Non isn't a public project. It's J. Liles' personal project.
The source code has public read access, but that doesn't mean
anyone who feels like it can add whatever they please to the
project repo. That would require public write access, which
for obvious reasons doesn't exist.

If anyone wants to change it they have to copy the source
code and modify their own copy. The GPL allows the modified
version to be distributed, but common sense and courtesy
would normally mean a different name is used.

In this case calling the fork NSM is at best a serious PR
blunder, and at worst could be seen as a deliberate
provocation.

John


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