[ImPostingOnHN]

If the "author" of this port respected Don Ho enough to credit him in the contributors section of his project, then why didn't he respect Don Ho enough to ask first?

If the "author" of this port respected Don Ho enough to credit him in the contributors section of his project, why doesn't he respect Don Ho enough to comply with the request to take down the violations?

This conflict indicates that the respect was never there, and thus the motivation for the bio was probably credibility laundering.

[lukan]

He did ask first, but Don Ho did not respond.

(Which is his right and no permission to do anything)

[ImPostingOnHN]

Don writes,

> For context: I received an email from Andrey Letov on April 8, 2026, informing me that he had just ported Notepad++ to macOS, and ask for contact, without providing further info.

So no asking to use trademarks beforehand, and no asking Don if it's okay to include him on the contributor page for the violating software.