[modernthumb]

I have a hard time seeing your position here. Because of their actions they broke their own build and made a lot of folks in the open source community upset. Was it even worth it to waste the time fixing their broken build? To investigate the failure and replace a dependency of a dependency? To lose credibility in the community they've evidently just decided to become involved with? I really don't see how that's not worth 30 grand. They have a right to use their name but they don't have the right to use someone else's work.

[otterley]

It is a principle of American and English law that the person who uses someone else’s property unlawfully is responsible for the foreseeable injuries caused to others by its use - not the lawful owner of the property.

[chris_wot]

You are being downvoted because you fundamentally misunderstand and mischaracterise the situation you are referring to.

[otterley]

I am referring to naming an npm module “Kik” that has nothing to do with the service of the same name. What do I misunderstand?