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diff --git a/deps/npm/doc/cli/disputes.md b/deps/npm/doc/cli/disputes.md index 96ad9ef1f8..751e804f8f 100644 --- a/deps/npm/doc/cli/disputes.md +++ b/deps/npm/doc/cli/disputes.md @@ -4,8 +4,10 @@ npm-disputes(1) -- Handling Module Name Disputes ## SYNOPSIS 1. Get the author email with `npm owner ls <pkgname>` -1. Email the author, CC <i@izs.me>. -2. After a few weeks, if there's no resolution, we'll sort it out. +2. Email the author, CC <i@izs.me>. +3. After a few weeks, if there's no resolution, we'll sort it out. + +Don't squat on package names. Publish code or move out of the way. ## DESCRIPTION @@ -40,7 +42,7 @@ Joe's appropriate course of action in each case is the same. 1. `npm owner ls foo`. This will tell Joe the email address of the owner (Bob). -2. Joe emails Bob, explaining the situation **as respecfully as possible**, +2. Joe emails Bob, explaining the situation **as respectfully as possible**, and what he would like to do with the module name. He adds isaacs <i@izs.me> to the CC list of the email. Mention in the email that Bob can run `npm owner add joe foo` to add Joe as an owner of @@ -75,6 +77,11 @@ but not limited to: MIT-licensed program, and then removing or changing the copyright and license statement) 3. Illegal content. +4. "Squatting" on a package name that you *plan* to use, but aren't + actually using. Sorry, I don't care how great the name is, or how + perfect a fit it is for the thing that someday might happen. If + someone wants to use it today, and you're just taking up space with + an empty tarball, you're going to be evicted. If you see bad behavior like this, please report it right away. |