The atomic writes maintainer was free to simply stop using their hosting service, but what he did was try to continue to use their hosting service without doing the bare minimum to protect that service.
So I don't believe I am misrepresenting them, nor the people who have defended their actions. They have made it _very_ clear that they believe PyPI should be forced to host every project whether they want to follow the rules or not.
> He was free to simply stop using their hosting service, but what he did was try to continue to use their hosting service without doing the bare minimum to protect that service.
the maintainer of atomicwrites, the person that started this whole saga, I guess that I had assumed context was sufficient here. I've updated the original text.
