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I reached out to him when I could've filed a takedown notice instead. Later, after the tweets, I even asked him to shake hands on the whole thing[1][2][3], but he was already sunk-cost-mode on and determined to die on a stupid hill. Only because I called him out is that we were able to had my git history restored and copyright attributed.

> Their attitude since then has left a lot to be desired.

That refers to the forker's attitude following the tweets[4][5].

[1]: https://github.com/ai/nanocolors/pull/14#issuecomment-927757...

[2]: https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/56996/135221889-52...

[3]: https://twitter.com/jorgebucaran/status/1442055448899641348

[4]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28661094

[5]: https://github.com/jorgebucaran/colorette/issues/78



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