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The new Terms of Service forbids this #563
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From https://mitscratch.freshdesk.com/en/support/solutions/articles/4000219182-scratch-terms-of-service.
ScratchAttach's purpose is to make it easy to use "the Service" from Python, which is most definitely not made or approved by the Scratch Team.
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faretek1 commentedon Jan 26, 2026
I am guessing that a policy similar to certain other projects can be applied. As stated in the license, this is provided with absolutely no warrantee, i.e., use at your own risk.
A note could be attached to the readme
obdow commentedon Jan 28, 2026
Boss-1s commentedon Jan 28, 2026
obdow commentedon Jan 29, 2026
obdow commentedon Jan 29, 2026
I imagine the Scratch team will take down TimMcCool's project if they really have a problem with scratchattach.
zaid4412100 commentedon Jan 30, 2026
Should we contact the Scratch team first to make sure they are ok with scratchattach? I think we should add a notice at least for now.
Also isn't the Scratch API technically provided by the Scratch team? I think this section applies only to scrapers like ScratchDB, but I could easily be wrong.
cybersteve547 commentedon Feb 15, 2026
I mean ive heard that the st have used this, so i think they are okay with it.
zaid4412100 commentedon Feb 15, 2026
If they do indeed use it, it doesn't matter because they control the site.
faretek1 commentedon Feb 15, 2026
i believe st used a template when making the new ToS. a lot of the terms can be found as an exact match in thousands of other ToS. I think we should wait until ST inform us about any changes in their attitudes towards scratchattach.
zaid4412100 commentedon Feb 15, 2026
Maybe we should try to contact them about it, and maybe also about the other controversial terms (such as the AI training license grant).