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createful • today at 10:03 AM • 3 replies • view on HN

So what's the point of making a GitHub if you're not going to publish source code? Is this an inside joke?


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Svip • today at 11:41 AM

May be also be relevant to link to JWZ's post about it: https://www.jwz.org/blog/2026/10/gitsquatting/

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nevon • today at 10:08 AM

To prevent impersonation and having people download potential malware from repositories posing as the official xscreensaver distribution channel.

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