policy: update disputes policy
This makes minor tweaks to the policy to reflect how we are currently triaging and approving name transfers
Myles Borins committed
Mar 24, 2022 at 16:03 UTC
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@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ of the npm Code of Conduct or Open-Source Terms.
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This process is an excellent way to:
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-* Adopt a package created from your project, published by someone else
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-* Report a deliberately misleading or confusing package name
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+* Request a name that is currently misleading or confusing that you have a reasonable claim to
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+* Request a name related to your company or project that cannot be claimed via account recovery
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This process does not apply if the package violates our
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[Terms of Use][open-source-terms],
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## When not to use this process
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-We are not currently accepting dispute requests to "adopt an abandoned
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-package" or "Report Squatting" as we re-evaluate and update the overall
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-dispute process.
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+We are not currently accepting dispute requests due to lack of activity
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+related to a specfic name. If you do not have a reasonable claim
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+to the name you are requesting, we will likely deny the request.
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+There are cases where a party may have reasonable claim to a specific name
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+but giving that name to the requesting party would pose a supply-chain risk
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+to the npm ecosystem. In such cases, requests may be denied independent of
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+the validity of the claim.
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## Beginning the process
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@@ -157,4 +162,4 @@ License](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).
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[acceptable-use]: /policies/open-source-terms#acceptable-use
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[acceptable-content]: /policies/open-source-terms#acceptable-content
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[violations]: /policies/conduct#reporting-violations-of-this-code-of-conduct
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-[trademark]: /policies/trademark
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+[trademark]: /policies/trademark