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  • Glyphglyph@mastodon.social
    Oct 17, 2026, 9:05 AM

    @nigel @jwz it was far too charitable of me to assume "dumbass" was an exaggeration. disappointed that there won't be trademark litigation or DMCA takedowns here, they deserve it

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  • jwzjwz@mastodon.social
    Oct 17, 2026, 9:20 AM

    @glyph @nigel Yes, apparently my "ok have fun" comment was enough for them to think that "I shall claim the top-level /xscreensaver URL on GitHub" was a reasonable thing to do, and when I said "WTAF" their retort was "but you said it was ok".

    All I want them to do is rename it and not call it that. Like call it literally anything else. Something with their name in it.

    All of the angry commenters here want to dogpile and lawyer up but all I want is, "Hey just fuckin' rename the repo, come on".

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  • Glyphglyph@mastodon.social
    Oct 17, 2026, 9:29 AM

    @jwz @nigel it would be satisfying to see the epic battle but you shouldn't actually lawyer up, it would be a ridiculous amount of effort to correct a relatively minor injustice. and the fact that he's such a raging asshole suggests the litigation would be _super_ annoying

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  • jwzjwz@mastodon.social
    Oct 17, 2026, 9:30 AM

    @glyph I just wanna draw triangles, man, why people gotta make this so hard

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  • Nigelnigel@unsociable.lowkey.party
    Oct 17, 2026, 12:12 PM

    @jwz "ok have fun" is snarky and patronising, and you know it.
    And now it got popular you dont like that they did exactly whatever they wanted because they had your blessing, and are having a tantrum on the internet.
    Anyway, I've said my piece. I have no ill will here beyond pointing out what any adult with eyes can see.
    @glyph

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  • Glyphglyph@mastodon.social
    Oct 17, 2026, 12:31 PM

    @nigel "ok have fun" was an invitation to create a mirror, not to squat the namespace and misrepresent himself. the other repo being discussed was specifically part of a different org.

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  • Glyphglyph@mastodon.social
    Oct 17, 2026, 12:36 PM

    @nigel in any case, he did not "give his blessing", at best he gave his grudging acquiescence. this is not the same thing as enthusiastically participating. it's understandable that they read it as more enthusiastic, but this seems like a failure on their part, it reads very clearly to me as "sigh, whatever, I'd rather you didn't but I guess I won't be a dick about it". now the consequences of not being a dick are coming through, and he's asking again for them to stop.

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  • Glyphglyph@mastodon.social
    Oct 17, 2026, 12:38 PM

    @nigel he also gave his supposed "blessing" after the repo *already existed*. he did not ask for permission or obtain consent, just did what he wanted, then got the flimsiest possible CYA excuse that it was OK, and now that that even that flimsy excuse is gone because the repo is creating more problems and misleading folks, he insists that the permission was considerably more enthusiastic and affirmative than it was.

    I am not interested in being more involved with this but it is gross behavior.

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  • jwzjwz@mastodon.social
    Oct 17, 2026, 6:33 PM

    @glyph Had I noticed at the time that he had *already* squatted a top-level /xscreensaver github URL I certainly would have raised my response from "grudging acquiescence" to "what the fuck do you think you're doing", but I admit that I did not go over his dumb request with a fine-toothed comb.

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