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It's on github, right?

Isn't the point of open source that someone can fork it, revert the icon, and call it "IconStudio Code" or something?

Why all the fuss?




Because not all issues are worth forking.

You introduce another delay for security updates to get through (and this text editor has a browser under the hood, so very much needs security updates) and you get a not necessarily trustworthy and not necessarily dependable third party into the mix. They could ship malware in their build or abandon updating the software at any point.




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