Non-malicious forks would choose a completely different name and mention the original in their README.
Name squatting relies on people making a typo and installing your stuff. That cannot be innocent, come on now.
Your link also does not prove anything except that people naively make extensions with the same name that feels cute or easily discoverable to them. I see no name squatting in that list, not in the top 10-20 anyway.
> Name squatting relies on people making a typo and installing your stuff. That cannot be innocent, come on now.
You are thinking of typosquatting. And my example shows people can publish extensions squatting on the same extension name as established ones while also changing other metadata to impersonate or spoof popular ones and confuse users quickly looking to install the extension.
Name squatting relies on people making a typo and installing your stuff. That cannot be innocent, come on now.
Your link also does not prove anything except that people naively make extensions with the same name that feels cute or easily discoverable to them. I see no name squatting in that list, not in the top 10-20 anyway.