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rpigabtoday at 11:22 AM2 repliesview on HN

This reaction is normal, aletik could have been the next Jia Tan, for all we know, and could have distributed "fake notepad++ for Mac" binaries with backdoors in them to thousand of Mac users who think it is an officially n++-endorsed project when it is not, created by someone who is unknown.

Aletik can fork n++ and find a name for it, but can't use the brand and logo, and should be stopped by all means necessary if he does not comply ASAP. Tech bloggers should know better than to promote this without checking.


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doginasuittoday at 12:48 PM

> Tech bloggers should know better than to promote this without checking.

Agreed, and it also seems unlikely this will be their takeaway. They now get to report on the drama which will probably get more clicks.

PythagoRascaltoday at 12:09 PM

"The author" in above comment refers to the author of the port. So, yes, thats what they meant.

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