There are certain impossibilities in the world, like the halting problem, and DRM: "As the author, I wish to sell my work. But I don't want anyone to copy my wo

There are certain impossibilities in the world, like the halting problem, and DRM: "As the author, I wish to sell my work. But I don't want anyone to copy my work, and redistribute it without my permission -- or use it in a way that I disagree with." Such a thing is an impossible ask. No technological means can prevent this from happening -- though many have tried and failed. It always results in a repressive and totalitarian ecosystem. I think that pypi is trying to accomplish is in this category. It results in things like the leftpad.js incident. The goal is always some specious form of "harm reduction", trust, and safety. These can't be obtained by technological means, but they can be produced.