[Python-Dev] Yearly PyPI breakage (original) (raw)

Stefan Krah stefan at bytereef.org
Thu May 5 20:24:57 EDT 2016

Donald Stufft <donald stufft.io> writes:

> Technically, he > didn't gloat, but suddenly legal advice was apparently readily available. > > https://pypi.python.org/pypi/m3-cdecimal >

I'm not going to respond to the rest of this, because I don't think it's possible for you and me to have a constructive discussion on these other issues. However, I do want to point out that the PSF is the legal entity behind PyPI itself and Van is both a board member and a lawyer. I don't recall what exactly was discussed with who about m3-cdecimal, but it's completely reasonable that when a legal question comes up with PyPI that we consult the PSF board members, particularly the ones who are lawyers.

It is not reasonable at all. A normal human being would try to consider first if an author has moral rights as opposed to legal rights and maybe pick up the phone or use private email instead of escalating everything to Twitter.

Also, what was discussed was not whether the PSF had any right to remove m3-cdecimal but rather whether I had any rights to demand the removal.

People concluded gleefully that I hadn't any (I still think they're mistaken and an enterprising Oracle lawyer could come to a different conclusion, but that's besides the point).

Stefan Krah

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