How to report copyright violations to PyPI?

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Long story short, I would like to report a copyright violation (per Acceptable Use Policy), but I don’t seem to be able to find the right way of reporting it.

The most appropriate medium seems to be the pypi/support repository but the New Issue form is limited to a handful of categories, and doesn’t provide neither a “other” template, nor the ability to open a blank issue.

I wasn’t able to find a specific contact address in the “Acceptable Use Policy” document either, nor on “Terms of Use”. “Help” only tells how to report bugs against Warehouse, which I don’t believe it is. It also suggests reaching out to maintainers of packages, which we did (and we’ve got pretty much what accounts to a “sue me” response).

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It seems to me that Acceptable Use Policy - Python Software Foundation Policies should include contact details in the enforcement section.

That said, Intellectual property policy in PEP 541 lists legal@python.org as the contact point and my read of the situation is that this is a report that would fit that criterion.

(to be clear, not speaking on behalf of the PSF in any form – just a person on the internet trying to help navigate policy documentation that’s spread across multiple places online)

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