[Catalog-sig] PyPI terms

[M.-A. Lemburg]

On 28.02.2013 18:44, Noah Kantrowitz wrote:
> 
> On Feb 28, 2013, at 2:22 AM, M.-A. Lemburg wrote:
>> BTW: I've never seen a hosting website require agreeing to
>> giving users of the website the same distribution rights
>> as the owner of the website.
>>
> 
> You should read terms of service more closely then, this is standard because of how lawyers interpret the general foundation of the internet. Because we cannot promise private caches and such will _ever_ delete something just because it is removed from PyPI we need that bit of legal protection. None of us are lawyers to the best of my knowledge so this is not the right place to discuss such things. If our counsel says that requirement isn't needed, we will remove it, otherwise we won't.

Then please point me to a hosting license that requires this :-)
I've looked around quite a bit and couldn't find any...

That said, you're right in that this list is not the right place for
such a discussion. I just wanted to explain what I meant
with "giving up control".

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