Python Trademark Status

[Stuart Ford]

> [Tim]
> >> So, as it still appears, CNRI wants some legal exclusivity
> >> to the right to use the name "Python", but not for their own
> >> use.  Hmm; it's hard not to leap to an unflattering conclusion.
>
> [Andrew Kuchling]
> > I've leapt to probably the exact same unflattering conclusion, that
> > this was done for future user as a bargaining tactic.
>
> Ah, "bargaining tactic" -- *that's* the phrase I was looking for.  Pat
> McCann first  called it "legal extortion tool" in his/her comments on CNRI
> License FAQ question #24, but I was sure *that* couldn't be right <wink>.
>

Well, will we have to refer to Python as "The language until recently called
Python",
or just Rename it "Ni"?!

Stuart