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  • PSF Bylaws

    PSF Bylaws Bylaws of the Python Software Foundation, Version 2 ARTICLE I Business Offices The corporation shall have such offices either within or outside the State of Delaware and within or outside the United States, as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine or as the business of the corporation may require. ARTICLE II Registered Offices and Registered Agents Section 2.1. Delaware. The address of the initial registered office in the State of Delaware and the name of the initia...

  • Python 2.7.8 Release

    Python 2.7.8 Release Python 2.7.8 was released on July 1, 2014. This release includes regression and security fixes over 2.7.7 including: The openssl version bundled in the Windows installer has been updated. A regression in the mimetypes module on Windows has been fixed. A possible overflow in the buffer type has been fixed. A bug in the CGIHTTPServer module which allows arbitrary execution of code in the server root has been patched. A regression in the handling of UNC paths in os.path.join...

  • 2014 PSF Members' Meeting Minutes

    2014 PSF Members' Meeting Minutes The Python Software Foundation Minutes of the 2014 Members' Meeting July 23, 2014 The Python Software Foundation (the "PSF") held its annual members' meeting on July 23, 2014 at 17:30 CEST in the BCC Berlin in Berlin, Germany (EuroPython 2014). The agenda is available here. Marc-Andre Lemburg presided over the meeting and also prepared these minutes with the assistance of EJ. Contents 1   Attendance 2   Introd...

  • Python 3.4.2 license

    Python 3.4.2 license Python 3.4.2 license This is the official license for the Python 3.4.2 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 th...

  • Python 3.4.2

    Python 3.4.2 Python 3.4.2 Note: Python 3.4.2 has been superseded by Python 3.4.9. Python 3.4.2 was released on October 8th, 2014. Python 3.4.2 has many bugfixes and other small improvements over 3.4.1. One new feature for Mac OS X users: the OS X installers are now distributed as signed installer package files compatible with the OS X Gatekeeper security feature. Major new features of the 3.4 series, compared to 3.3 Python 3.4 includes a range of improvements of the 3.x series, including hu...

  • Python 3.4.3 license

    Python 3.4.3 license Python 3.4.3 license This is the official license for the Python 3.4.3 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 th...

  • Python 3.4.3

    Python 3.4.3 Python 3.4.3 Note: Python 3.4.3 has been superseded by Python 3.4.9. Python 3.4.3 was released on February 25th, 2015. Python 3.4.3 has many bugfixes and other small improvements over 3.4.2. Major new features of the 3.4 series, compared to 3.3 Python 3.4 includes a range of improvements of the 3.x series, including hundreds of small improvements and bug fixes. Among the new major new features and changes in the 3.4 release series are PEP 428, a "pathlib" module prov...

  • Python 3.5.2

    Python 3.5.2 Python 3.5.2 Note: Python 3.5.2 has been superseded by Python 3.5.6. Python 3.5.2 was released on June 26th, 2016. Major new features of the 3.5 series, compared to 3.4 Among the new major new features and changes in the 3.5 release series are PEP 441, improved Python zip application support PEP 448, additional unpacking generalizations PEP 461, "%-formatting" for bytes and bytearray objects PEP 465, a new operator (@) for matrix multiplication PEP 471, os.scandir...

  • Python 3.5.1

    Python 3.5.1 Python 3.5.1 Note: Python 3.5.1 has been superseded by Python 3.5.6. Python 3.5.1 was released on December 6th, 2015. Major new features of the 3.5 series, compared to 3.4 Among the new major new features and changes in the 3.5 release series are PEP 441, improved Python zip application support PEP 448, additional unpacking generalizations PEP 461, "%-formatting" for bytes and bytearray objects PEP 465, a new operator (@) for matrix multiplication PEP 471, os.scan...

  • Python 3.4.5

    Python 3.4.5 Python 3.4.5 Note: Python 3.4.5 has been superseded by Python 3.4.9. Python 3.4.5 was released on June 26th, 2016. Python 3.4.5 is now in "security fixes mode". The only changes added since Python 3.4.4 are security fixes. Major new features of the 3.4 series, compared to 3.3 Python 3.4 includes a range of improvements of the 3.x series, including hundreds of small improvements and bug fixes. Among the new major new features and changes in the 3.4 release series are ...

  • Python Software Foundation Sponsors

    Python Software Foundation Sponsors The PSF would not be possible without the generous financial help of the following sponsors. While the PSF thanks these sponsors for their support, we don't necessarily endorse nor promote any specific activity of any of its sponsors. Interested in becoming a sponsor? Check out our sponsor application. Visionary Sponsors Googl...

  • Python Core Mentorship

    Python Core Mentorship Introduction The Python Core Mentorship Program is predicated on the idea that Python core, and Python as a whole would be served by further lowering the barrier to entry of contribution to Python core (original proposal) The mission of the Python Core Mentor Program is to provide an open and welcoming place to connect students, programmers – and anyone interested in contributing to the Python core development. This project is based on the idea that the best way to welc...

  • PSF Fellow Membership

    PSF Fellow Membership psf fellow members The deadline to nominate someone for Quarter 4 consideration is 11:59 p.m. UTC, November 20, 2025. Please send your nomination to: psf-fellow@python.org Your nomination should include: The name of the person you are nominating. Why you think they meet the Fellow criteria, i.e. how they have served the Python community. Please also include an email address for the person you are nominating. Example nomination: I, Marcia Nominator, propose that Mar...

  • Donation Drive

    Donation Drive ThePSF, Python Software Foundation, Python, PSF Support the PSF to further the development and adoption of Python .crm-contribute-widget { font-size:12px; font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans; padding:6px; -moz-border-radius: 4px; -webkit-border-radius: 4px; -khtml-border-radius: 4px; border-radius: 4px; border:1px solid #96C0E7; width:200px; } .crm-contribute-...

  • PSF Whistleblower Protection Policy

    PSF Whistleblower Protection Policy General The PSF requires directors, other volunteers, contractors, and employees to observe high standards of business and personal ethics in the conduct of their duties and responsibilities. Employees and representatives of the organization must practice honesty and integrity in fulfilling their responsibilities and comply with all applicable laws and regulations. Application This Whistleblower Protection Policy applies to all of the Organization’s staff...

  • PSF Conflict of Interest Policy

    PSF Conflict of Interest Policy Each Director, Officer, and Key Employee is expected to sign conflict of interest policy and disclosure of financial interest annually. The documents are managed by the Executive Director and Controller. Python Software Foundation Conflict of Interest Policy for Board of Directors What is a conflicts of interest? A potential conflict of interest occurs anytime you, your friends, family, or an organization you participate in stands to gain from a decision that i...

  • Python Software Foundation Staff

    Python Software Foundation Staff Deb Nicholson Executive Director Deb Nicholson joined the PSF in April 2022. She is an experienced non-profit professional and passionate open source community builder who has worked at the Open Source Initiative, Software Freedom Conservancy and the Open Invention Network. She is also a founding organizer of the Seattle GNU/Linux Conference, an annual event dedicated to surfacing new voices and welcoming new people to the free software community. She'l...

  • PSF League of Awesome

    PSF League of Awesome Having a capable and well supported server infrastructure is critical to the continued ability of the PSF to pursue its mission and to support our other community partners. Each of these companies has very gratiously helped us to run and improve our infrastructure and operations services. XS4ALL provides hosting and network connectivity for legacy.python.org. OSU OSL provides hosting for a few PSF servers and the speed.python.org benchmarking server. PagerDuty provides...

  • Grants - Frequently Asked Questions

    Grants - Frequently Asked Questions python, grants, psf Considering submitting a grant request to the PSF? Please read this FAQ first. Q. Will the PSF fund swag? A. The PSF does not fund swag production or disbursement. Q. Is there anything I need to know about fund disbursements? A. The PSF offers various payment methods. If your grant request is approved, specific information will be requested in the email notification. Please see our Payment Options page (https://www.python.org/psf/paymento...

  • Grant Types

    Grant Types Sprints These types of dev events are usually 1-4 days long and the goal is to complete a set of objectives for a project. Sprints are usually on the small side and tend to be less than 20 people. Sprints that happen at conferences can have larger turnout though (like [PyCon Sprints](https://us.pycon.org/2017/community/sprints/) for example). [OpenHatch created a helpful in-person event handbook](http://opensource-events.com/) that can help you run a productive dev sprint. User ...

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