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  • FSF response to the Python 2.1 license

    FSF response to the Python 2.1 license FSF response to the Python 2.1 license Today, I received the following email from Eben Moglen, the Free Software Foundation's attorney. (See also a postscript.) Subject: Re: Python 1.6.1 and GPL compatibility From: Eben Moglen <moglen@columbia.edu> To: Guido van Rossum <guido@digicool.com> Cc: "Bradley M. Kuhn" <bkuhn@gnu.org>, rms@gnu.org Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2001 07:44:11 -0400 (EDT) On Wednesday, 18 April 2001, Guido van Rossum w...

  • Python 2.1 license

    Python 2.1 license Python 2.1 license This is the official license for the Python 2.1 release: A. HISTORY OF THE SOFTWARE ========================== Python was created in the early 1990s by Guido van Rossum at Stichting Mathematisch Centrum (CWI) in the Netherlands as a successor of a language called ABC. Guido is Python's principal author, although it includes many contributions from others. The last version released from CWI was Python 1.2. In 1995, Guido continued his wor...

  • Python 2.1 Press Release

    Python 2.1 Press Release <h4>NEWS RELEASE: For immediate release</h4> <center><h1>PythonLabs Releases Python 2.1</h1></center> <p>FALLS CHURCH VA (April 17, 2001) - PythonLabs and the Python Software Foundation today announced the final release of Python 2.1, a new version of the popular object-oriented programming language. Python 2.1 is the first release under the auspices of the Python Software Foundation (PSF). <p>"After months of work a...

  • Linux RPMs for Python 2.1

    Linux RPMs for Python 2.1 <h1>Linux RPMs for Python 2.1</h1> <p>Made available by Sean Reifschneider. <p><ul><li>Source: <ul> <li><a href="/ftp/python/2.1/python2-2.1-5.src.rpm"> python2-2.1-5.src.rpm</a> <li><a href="/ftp/python/2.1/expat-1.1-4tummy.src.rpm"> expat-1.1-4tummy.src.rpm</a> (Needed for building Python SRPM, for systems that don't provide expat-devel) </ul> <li>Binary fo...

  • Python 2.1.1

    Python 2.1.1 Python 2.1.1 - a bugfix release for Python 2.1 Note: This is no longer the most current Python release. See Python 2.1.3 for a patch release and the download page for more recent releases. We're releasing Python 2.1.1 - a bugfix release for Python 2.1 (July 20, 2001). We've fixed the license: Like Python 2.0.1, Python 2.1.1 is GPL-compatible. We took the Python 2.1 license and applied the required change to section 7 that the FSF told us would suffice to make ...

  • FSF statement

    FSF statement <h1>FSF Statement</h1> <p>Eben Moglen, on behalf of the FSF, writes: <blockquote> The Free Software Foundation thanks the board of the Python Foundation and Guido van Rossum for their cooperation in developing a license for Python 2.0.1 that is fully compatible with the GNU General Public License (GPL). Python 2.0.1c1 and all future versions released under the same license are free software that may be freely combined with programs released under GPL. ...

  • Python 2.1.1 license

    Python 2.1.1 license Python 2.1.1 license This is the official license for the Python 2.1.1 release: A. HISTORY OF THE SOFTWARE ========================== Python was created in the early 1990s by Guido van Rossum at Stichting Mathematisch Centrum (CWI) in the Netherlands as a successor of a language called ABC. Guido is Python's principal author, although it includes many contributions from others. The last version released from CWI was Python 1.2. In 1995, Guido continued h...

  • Python 2.1 Press Release

    Python 2.1 Press Release <h4>NEWS RELEASE: For immediate release</h4> <center><h1>PythonLabs Releases Python 2.1</h1></center> <p>FALLS CHURCH VA (April 17, 2001) - PythonLabs and the Python Software Foundation today announced the final release of Python 2.1, a new version of the popular object-oriented programming language. Python 2.1 is the first release under the auspices of the Python Software Foundation (PSF). <p>"After months of work a...

  • Linux RPMs for Python 2.1.1

    Linux RPMs for Python 2.1.1 <h1>Linux RPMs for Python 2.1.1</h1> <p>Made available by Sean Reifschneider. This new set (uploaded 8/30/01) enables Large File Support. <p><ul><li>Source: <ul> <li><a href="/python/2.1.1/rpms/python2-2.1.1-3.src.rpm"> python2-2.1.1-3.src.rpm</a> <li><a href="/python/2.1.1/rpms/expat-1.1-4tummy.src.rpm"> expat-1.1-4tummy.src.rpm</a> (Needed for building Python SRPM, ...

  • Python 2.1.2

    Python 2.1.2 Python 2.1.2 - a bugfix release for Python 2.1 Note: This is no longer the most current Python release. See Python 2.1.3 for a patch release and the download page for more recent releases. On January 16 2002, we're releasing Python 2.1.2 - a bugfix release of Python 2.1. We thank Anthony Baxter for being the releasemeister for this release (and we're using his timezone as an excuse to say it's January 16 :-). This is the final release of Python 2.1.2. While ...

  • Python 2.1.2 license

    Python 2.1.2 license Python 2.1.2 license This is the official license for the Python 2.1.2 release: A. HISTORY OF THE SOFTWARE ========================== Python was created in the early 1990s by Guido van Rossum at Stichting Mathematisch Centrum (CWI) in the Netherlands as a successor of a language called ABC. Guido is Python's principal author, although it includes many contributions from others. The last version released from CWI was Python 1.2. In 1995, Guido continued h...

  • Linux RPMs for Python 2.1.2

    Linux RPMs for Python 2.1.2 <h1>Linux RPMs for Python 2.1.2</h1> <p>Made available by Sean Reifschneider. <p><ul><li>Source: <ul> <li><a href="/ftp/python/2.1.2/rpms/python2.1-2.1.2-1.src.rpm"> python2.1-2.1.2-1.src.rpm</a> <li><a href="/ftp/python/2.1/expat-1.1-4tummy.src.rpm"> expat-1.1-4tummy.src.rpm</a> (Needed for building Python SRPM, for systems that don't provide expat-devel) </ul> ...

  • Python 2.1.3

    Python 2.1.3 Python 2.1.3 - a bugfix release for Python 2.1 Note: This is not the most current Python version. See the download page for a more recent version. On April 8 2002, we're releasing Python 2.1.3 - a bugfix release of Python 2.1. This release has a small number of critical bug fixes. This is the final release of Python 2.1.3. While the most recent release of Python is 2.2, there are a couple of bugs that have come up since 2.1.2 was released, in particular one b...

  • Python 2.1.3 license

    Python 2.1.3 license Python 2.1.3 license This is the official license for the Python 2.1.3 release: A. HISTORY OF THE SOFTWARE ========================== Python was created in the early 1990s by Guido van Rossum at Stichting Mathematisch Centrum (CWI) in the Netherlands as a successor of a language called ABC. Guido is Python's principal author, although it includes many contributions from others. The last version released from CWI was Python 1.2. In 1995, Guido continued h...

  • Linux RPMs for Python 2.1.3

    Linux RPMs for Python 2.1.3 <h1>Linux RPMs for Python 2.1.3</h1> <!-- <p><font color="red">These are for the <b>2.2</b> release. Sorry.</font> --> <p>Made available by Sean Reifschneider &lt;<a href="mailto:jafo-rpms@python.org">jafo-rpms@python.org</a>&gt;. <h3>Download</h2> <p><ul> <li>Source: <ul> <li><a href="/ftp/python/2.1.3/rpms/python2....

  • Python 2.2

    Python 2.2 Python 2.2 Note: See Python 2.2.3 for a patch release which supersedes 2.2. Important: This release is vulnerable to the problem described in security advisory PSF-2006-001 "Buffer overrun in repr() of unicode strings in wide unicode builds (UCS-4)". This fix is included in Python 2.4.4 and Python 2.5. If you need to remain with Python 2.2, there's a patch available from the security advisory page. We are extremely pleased to announce the relea...

  • Known bugs in Python 2.2

    Known bugs in Python 2.2 <h2>Known bugs in Python 2.2</h2> <h3>Real bugs</h3> <p>These are actual bugs, and we will make fixes available as soon as we have them. (There may be other bugs that aren't generally worth knowing about; search the <a href="http://sourceforge.net/bugs/?group_id=5470">SourceForge bug tracker</a>; you can also use that to report new bugs you find, of course.) <ul> <p><li>The ftplib module's FTP class...

  • Unifying types and classes in Python 2.2

    Unifying types and classes in Python 2.2 Unifying types and classes in Python 2.2 Python Version: 2.2 (For a newer version of this tutorial, see Python 2.2.3) Guido van Rossum This paper is an incomplete draft. I am soliciting feedback. If you find any problems, please write me at guido@python.org. Table of Contents Introduction Subclassing built-in types Built-in types as factory functions Introspecting instances of built-in types Static methods and class met...

  • Python 2.2 license

    Python 2.2 license Python 2.2 license This is the official license for the Python 2.2 release: A. HISTORY OF THE SOFTWARE ========================== Python was created in the early 1990s by Guido van Rossum at Stichting Mathematisch Centrum (CWI, see http://www.cwi.nl) in the Netherlands as a successor of a language called ABC. Guido remains Python's principal author, although it includes many contributions from others. In 1995, Guido continued his work on Python at the Corp...

  • Linux RPMs for Python 2.2

    Linux RPMs for Python 2.2 <h1>Linux RPMs for Python 2.2</h1> <p><b><font color="darkgreen">--- New: now up-to-date for 2.2 final! ---</font></b> <!-- <p><font color="red">These are for the <b>2.2</b> release. Sorry.</font> --> <p>Made available by Sean Reifschneider. <h4>New in this version (2.2-2)</h4> <ul> <p><li>It includes a "-docs" package which i...

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