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by dewey 46 days ago
It’s not a good idea to use another companies name in your name.

Also stars are a relatively useless metric that’s very easily gamed. I would try to find another metric that’s more focused on what value was provided.

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I mentioned in legal notice that the project is not affiliated with github and reason i named it GitHub Store is because it discovers projects directly from github!!!
Pirating sites also always have a "Please only download the content if you have a valid license" in the footer...it's meaningless especially if there's a high potential for confusion as you are even active right in the same field. I originally thought it might be a GitHub merchandise store.
It only matters if they sue you, though.
Just like robbing a store is only a problem if they catch you.
Why do you care so much about the name?
There’s countless projects that had to change their name for exactly that reason. OP seems to be a bit naive about that fact, easier to change early on than later.