[Conferences] Trademark policy for "PyCon" conferences

Mon Jun 2 23:37:30 CEST 2014

That is correct; previously it was only tied to funding. It is now trademark policy.

> On Jun 2, 2014, at 4:14 PM, Katie Cunningham <katie.fulton at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Wait, I thought that any "official" Python conference had to have a
> Code of Conduct in place? Perhaps it was tied to getting PSF funds?
> 
> As for it not being "popular" in the EU, both DjangoCon EU and PyCon
> EU have had CoCs in place for at least the past two years.
> 
> On Mon, Jun 2, 2014 at 4:43 PM, Nelle Varoquaux
> <nelle.varoquaux at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hello,
>> I understand the necessity of protecting the name "Pycon" and "python", but
>> being involved in several organization committees of conferences on python
>> or scientific python, I'll just comment on the following:
>> 
>> "It is the policy of the Python Software Foundation to allow the use
>> of "PyCon" for conferences that focus on Python the programming
>> language, have adopted a code of conduct compatible with that of the
>> PSF, and allow anyone to attend the conference subject to a
>> reasonable conference fee."
>> 
>> There are cultures and countries where the concept of a code of conduct is
>> not at all welcomed. We discussed about this for EuroScipy (happening in the
>> UK this year, but with organizers from all around Europe: France, Belgium,
>> Italy, Germany, etc), and we decided not to have one. I think this is the
>> type of statement that are "normal" in north america, but less so in many
>> European countries, one of the reason being that what is stated in the code
>> of conduct is just considered normal behavior.
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> N
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> On 2 June 2014 19:34, M.-A. Lemburg <mal at python.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Dear conference organizers,
>>> 
>>> the PSF board has recently discussed and voted on a new trademark
>>> policy for the term "PyCon". Our main intent is to protect the
>>> name from unwanted third party use for the benefit of the Python
>>> community. We simply don't want to run into another python.co.uk
>>> trademark situation:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> http://pyfound.blogspot.de/2013/02/python-trademark-at-risk-in-europe-we.html
>>> 
>>> We have not yet put this up on the website, but since the question
>>> has come up, I'd like to share it with you via email as upfront info:
>>> 
>>> """
>>> 
>>> "PyCon" Trademark Policy
>>> ------------------------
>>> 
>>> In order to protect the term "PyCon" against unwanted or misleading
>>> use by third parties, the PSF claims the term “PyCon” as a trademark
>>> worldwide for conference activities. The PSF is additionally pursuing
>>> registration of the mark in various jurisdictions.
>>> 
>>> It is the policy of the Python Software Foundation to allow the use
>>> of "PyCon" for conferences that focus on Python the programming
>>> language, have adopted a code of conduct compatible with that of the
>>> PSF, and allow anyone to attend the conference subject to a
>>> reasonable conference fee. Use of the trademark is subject to
>>> approval by the PSF trademarks committee (write to
>>> psf-trademarks at python.org).
>>> 
>>> The PSF may update this policy from time to time. Updates will be
>>> published and announced by the PSF.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> PyCon Conferences Around the World
>>> -----------------------------------
>>> 
>>> PyCon conferences are community-led and community-focused gatherings
>>> of Python programmers around the world. Want to start a PyCon in your
>>> own country? Contact us! We want to help.
>>> 
>>> The following are authorized PyCon community conferences:
>>> 
>>>    "Kiwi PyCon", "PyCon NZ" in New Zealand
>>>    "PyCon Asia Pacific", "PyCon APAC" in Asia
>>>    "PyCon AR", "PyCon Argentina" in Argentina
>>>    "PyCon AU", "PyCon Australia"  in Australia
>>>    "PyCon CA", "PyCon Canada" in Canada
>>>    "PyCon CH", "PyCon China" in China
>>>    "PyCon DE" in Germany
>>>    "PyCon ES", "PyCon España", "PyCon Spain" in Spain
>>>    "PyCon FI", "PyCon Finland" in Finland
>>>    "PyCon FR", "PyCon France" in France
>>>    "PyCon IN", "PyCon India" in India
>>>    "PyCon IR", "PyCon Iran" in Iran
>>>    "PyCon IE", "PyCon Ireland" in Ireland
>>>    "PyCon IT", "PyCon Italia" in Italy
>>>    "PyCon JP", "PyCon Japan" in Japan
>>>    "PyCon MY", "PyCon Malaysia" in Malaysia
>>>    "PyCon PH", "PyCon Philippines" in the Philippines
>>>    "PyCon PL", "PyCon Poland" in Poland
>>>    "PyCon RU", "PyCon Russia" in Russia
>>>    "PyCon SG", "PyCon Singapore" in Singapore
>>>    "PyCon SE", "PyCon Sweden" in Sweden
>>>    "PyCon TW", "PyCon Taiwan" in Taiwan
>>>    "PyCon UK" in the United Kingdom
>>>    "UA PyCon", "PyCon Ukraine", "PyCon UA" in Ukraine
>>>    “PyCon US” in the United States
>>>    "PyCon UY", "PyCon Uruguay" in Uruguay
>>>    "PyCon VE", "PyCon Venezuela" in Venezuela
>>>    "PyCon ZA", "PyCon South Africa" in South Africa
>>> 
>>> If we have forgotten a national or regional PyCon conference
>>> in this list or have used the wrong naming, please write to
>>> the PSF trademark committee for approval.
>>> 
>>> It is also possible to use a pycon.org sub-domain as home
>>> for the conference. Please write to webmaster at pycon.org to
>>> request a sub-domain.
>>> 
>>> """
>>> 
>>> As you can see, we have tried to grandfather all existing
>>> PyCon conferences that we could find and are aware of into
>>> the resolution.
>>> 
>>> If you have questions, please let me know.
>>> 
>>> Regards,
>>> --
>>> Marc-Andre Lemburg
>>> Director
>>> Python Software Foundation
>>> http://www.python.org/psf/
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