[JoshTriplett]

> Things like your personal contact details though are subject to privacy violation laws if they are used without your consent, I believe.

Far fewer laws about that exist than most people think, especially in the US. Some law and case law exists, but fairly narrowly. "Public disclosure of private information" doesn't apply here, since you posted the information publicly. "Intrusion of solitude" and "false light" don't apply. You could perhaps make a case for "appropriation" (using someone else's information for commercial gain without consent), but submitting that information to Github (and thus granting permission to Github under their terms, which they can choose to further grant to others) would negate that.

In any case, making legal threats doesn't seem likely to help here, and seems like overkill given the current state of the situation.

[hnysacct]

Good clarification! However, no legal threats have been made as of yet. Simply pointing out TOS clauses, and discussing the matter with the community.

By the time lawyers get involved, which would be after the New Year, then the author might have already merged the PR and problem solved.

At the moment, it's simply a matter of discussion.

No urgency to push the developers to take action either.