My implicit request, which I should have made clearer, was for him to delete (or make private) the repository and move on to greater ideals.
That's both more honest, and probably more fruitful.
In what way is it more honest?
Their personal hobby insofar it involves violating F/OSS licenses, for a reminder of context.
> but what they actually want is for that person's hobby to not affect them by showing up on ranking sites.
How have you determined that?