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Having a little browse through their releases (https://github.com/postcss/autoprefixer/releases), it seems like many of them are national mottos, qv. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_national_mottos

This one is Algeria's.

That's the what - as for the why, your guess is as good as mine.

Autoprefixer 5.2 release name was “Dont tread on me”, motto from historical American flag historical American flag https://twitter.com/autoprefixer/status/603596652683866114

Add in "of the people" and it's the basis of representative democracy.

Do you have a problem with that?

No, I'm curious. Aren't you? Or does everyone besides me already know what it means and what the connection is to the software?

Yeah, I am curious, too. I misjudged the tone of your comment, bad assumption on my part.

Isn't the person (team?) who makes Autoprefixer Russian? I wonder if this is a subtle swipe at the political climate there.

It doesn't necessarily seem _political_ to use flag mottos for release titles.

If he or especially she did, the wouldn't be allowed to have a problem with that in Algeria - or any islamic nation for that matter. That's the hilarious irony of it.