alt Hacker NewsThe fact that they left these packages public on GitHub.. guys you do know you can make things private right? Just shows how dumb these people are honestly
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dgellow • 04/23/2025
Not that it matters in this specific case, but on GitHub privated forks aren’t fully private: https://docs.github.com/en/pull-requests/collaborating-with-...
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dboreham • 04/23/2025
Making a fork of a public repo private involves using the git cli.
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vt_mruhlin • 04/23/2025
What? They reused public packages that have been public for years. One guy made a public fork with some changes. Is that not what open source is intended for?
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Or they are emboldened in knowing there will be absolutely no consequences.
Go look at the list of pardons this administration has handed out. These guys won’t even be charged.