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minus-squarezoutlinkfedilink7•5 months agoI get that, but suppose you start a package on NPM named “bronk”. Sometime later someone starts a company with that name. Should you just be forced to give up your package name, just because people suddenly associate the name with the company?
minus-squareAatubelinkfedilink-4•edit-25 months agoAzer’s repository for his package was made five years after Kik Messenger was released.
I get that, but suppose you start a package on NPM named “bronk”. Sometime later someone starts a company with that name. Should you just be forced to give up your package name, just because people suddenly associate the name with the company?
Azer’s repository for his package was made five years after Kik Messenger was released.