Guido at Google

Steve Holden steve at holdenweb.com
Thu Dec 22 09:43:39 EST 2005


bonono at gmail.com wrote:
> Steve Holden wrote:
> 
>>Well the name "Python" is a trade mark of the Python Software
>>Foundation. So if you invent another language and start calling it
>>"Python" just to get an audience you should expect to receive a
>>cease-and-desist letter.
>>
> 
> That is what I expect but don't know to what extend. Can it be called
> PythonModified like when people enhance vi so there is vim and nvi etc
> ?
> 
>  What about the copyright in CPython ? Can I someone take the codebase
> and make modifications then call it Sneak ?
> 
Far answers to this and all other (as far as I can determine) 
hypothetical questions please refer to the license.

regards
  Steve
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