[pedoh]

Is it malicious because it is (I am guessing) in wide use? Would it be malicious if there were nobody using it? 10 people? If there is a line established based on usage, where is that line? I don't know.

Also, would it be malicious if the author had simply deleted the project altogether, as opposed to putting in an infinite loop? From the author's perspective, if you want to use my code, fork it, and have at it, but I don't want it in my space any more. Is that not a reasonable stance to take? It may not be the "right thing to do", but it is his code, and he is the associated "owner" of the code. I don't know.

Going to an extreme, the implication _could_ be that I should never delete any open source project that I create, because it would be "malicious". The reality is that I could delete most of my open source work, and nobody would bat an eye. I'd be pretty shocked to my doing that being labeled a malicious act.

[lupire]

Deleting it is not the same as intentionally changing it to malware, on someone else's server (GitHub free public hosting)