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jmuguyyesterday at 6:51 PM1 replyview on HN

Linked post that shows what the mac port website originally looked like makes this pretty clear https://notepad-plus-plus.org/news/npp-trademark-infringemen...

GPL and other licenses allow you all sorts of leeway with the code but not the name and branding of the product the code is running.


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deepfriedbitsyesterday at 9:05 PM

Yikes. They even placed his name and bio on the Notepad++ for Mac website to help legitimize it.