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Re:An Open Letter to the Python Software Foundation by DeathArrow on Wednesday December 06, 2023 @07:44AM (#38543109)
>Why not

You have the right to hold you own political views, however you don't have the right to impose those on users of a particular software or participants in a software conference.

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Re:An Open Letter to the Python Software Foundation by hobofan on Wednesday December 06, 2023 @08:26AM (#38543541)
A sponsor/steward of the conference like the PSF certainly can ask for their Code of Conduct to be enforced in exchange for sponsorship. If what is in the Code of Conduct does not suite you, go find a different sponsor.
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Re:An Open Letter to the Python Software Foundation by em-bee on Wednesday December 06, 2023 @09:06AM (#38544039)
A sponsor/steward of the conference like the PSF certainly can ask for their Code of Conduct to be enforced

and that already happened by allowing them to call it pycon, as doing so requires permission from the PSF trademark workgroup. and one of the conditions is having a code of conduct.

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Re:An Open Letter to the Python Software Foundation by viraptor on Wednesday December 06, 2023 @08:08AM (#38543340)
You sure do have the rights to do that. A more general you does anyway. You can't export software to certain countries, basically due to their political position. Multiple sanctions exist today.
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Re:An Open Letter to the Python Software Foundation by Xeamek on Wednesday December 06, 2023 @07:48AM (#38543147)
If that software is mine and I control who can use it? I absolutely do have the (practical) right to impose those values, yes.
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