[Catalog-sig] [PSF-Board] Troubled by changes to PyPI usage agreement

["Martin v. Löwis"]

>> However, I don't think this is factually the case: *anybody*
>> can indeed mirror the data in any way they like. This is how
>> it is, and how it should be.
> 
> Sure, downloading things from PyPI is its main intent and
> that's also what the proposed PyPI terms allow the PSF to
> do.
> 
> However, there's a huge difference between just downloading
> content and redistributing it. The latter is what we're discussing
> here.

Indeed, that's what we are discussing here. And, I can only
repeat myself: anybody can download the data and redistribute
it in any way they like. This is how it is, and how it should
be.

Regards,
Martin