Is the word "Python" copyrighted/trademarked?

Troels Therkelsen t_therkelsen at hotmail.com
Tue Oct 1 15:03:31 EDT 2002


Hey everybody,

I tried figuring out the answer to the question in the subject by reading the
Python 2.2 license in the end of the library reference. 

  "This License Agreement does not grant permission to use PSF trademarks
   or trade name in a trademark sense to endorse or promote products or
   services of Licensee, or any third party."

My question is whether the word "Python" classifies as a PSF trademark or
trade name?  Eg., if I wanted to create a web server in Python (not that I
want to), could I call it "Python Web Server" without breaking any rules?

Regards,

Troels Therkelsen



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