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It is a scheme used by Flatpak.

The package prefix is mandatory, in order for flatpaks not to stomp on each other.

To be exact Flatpak only requires that for exported data files. Since binaries are not exported they can be named anything.

Binaries are not exported, but helper launch scripts are (those that do "exec flatpak run ...").

Oh alright, I didn't realise that