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I see lots of comments on licenses. A FOSS license isn't a "I promise to host the built version of this artifact on npmjs.org forever" license. IANAL, but that'

I see lots of comments on licenses. A FOSS license isn't a "I promise to host the built version of this artifact on npmjs.org forever" license. IANAL, but that's a right the developer grants to NPM when they choose to publish the package. If NPM's terms are written this way (and I imagine they are), then the developer can pound sand. But it's ultimately a relationship between NPM and the package publisher. We can say what we desire as consumers, but we're not party to that decision.

jwalton 5y ago
A FOSS license is generally “anyone can do whatever they like with this code provided they include this copyright notice”, and maybe some other conditions. “Anyone” here definitely includes NPM, so NPM is free to distribute, modify, host, or do anything else they like to your package provided they abide by those terms.