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by BoorishBears 1621 days ago
> And in a non-commercial setting his changes aren't even close to being deemed harmful

So you don't even know what happened?

There's an infinite loop after it finishes printing garbage. It's an unquestionably harmful change.

Also, you know how you prevent non-commercial use?

https://github.com/Marak/colors.js/blob/master/LICENSE

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I don't get it, Marak is clearly having some sort of episode*, and people are bending over backwards to rationalize the result as if there's some clear connection between his intent and his actions.

How many people realize he made those anti-commercial comments two years ago. Right now it actually seems like his comments were more political than financial.

* I don't mean that in a backhanded way, based on his history and his recent comments I think this is someone who needs help regardless of his actions on NPM*

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it's art. I like the idea of occasionally writing to my fans....:D