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Picking the same acronym based on a similar name is VERY underhanded, especially when the acronym is used throughout as the name for the project. The term NSM is used more than a dozen times while Non Session Manager is used 3 times in their about page. NSM is basically the identity of project. http://non.tuxfamily.org/wiki/Non%20Session%20Manager

Using the same acronym and the same binary file names to push out Non from the distribution is very underhanded.

This looks like a deliberate aim to confuse the users and taking over the project code and identity. It's not cool.

I don't know JML and don't know his development style. Since he has been gracious enough to open source his project, I assume he's generous enough to share his hard work with others. If people don't like his style, fork the project with a different identity and compete on the merits, rather than stealing his project's identity with confusion.




Push out non nsm from a distribution? Mate, it was the individual distro packagers that decided enough was enough on that front.

You are trying to argue a course of action that would just have confused both users and devs.




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