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  • Python 1.6 License FAQ

    Python 1.6 License FAQ Python 1.6 License FAQ This FAQ addresses questions concerning the CNRI Open Source License and its impact on past and future Python releases. The text below has been approved for posting on the Python website and newsgroup by CNRI's president, Dr. Robert E. Kahn. The old Python license from CWI worked well for almost 10 years. Why a new license for Python 1.6? CNRI claims copyright in Python code and documentation from releases 1.3 through 1.6 inc...

  • Python 1.6 License FAQ

    Python 1.6 License FAQ Python 1.6 License FAQ This FAQ addresses questions concerning the CNRI Open Source License and its impact on past and future Python releases. The text below has been approved for posting on the Python website and newsgroup by CNRI's president, Dr. Robert E. Kahn. The old Python license from CWI worked well for almost 10 years. Why a new license for Python 1.6? CNRI claims copyright in Python code and documentation from releases 1.3 through 1.6 inc...

  • 2013-11-15 PSF Board Meeting Minutes

    2013-11-15 PSF Board Meeting Minutes The Python Software Foundation Minutes of a Regular Meeting of the Board of Directors November 15, 2013 A regular meeting of the Python Software Foundation ("PSF") Board of Directors was held over Group Conference Call via phone and Internet Relay Chat beginning at 18:00 CET/ 12:00 EST, on November 15 2013. Van Lindberg presided over the meeting. Ewa Jodlowska prepared the minutes. All votes are reported in the form "Y-N-A" (in favor...

  • PSF Bylaws Version 1

    PSF Bylaws Version 1 This version of the PSF bylaws was used from 2001 - Feb 2014. 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 Delawar...

  • Proposed PSF Bylaws Prior for March 2009 Members' Meeting

    Proposed PSF Bylaws Prior for March 2009 Members' Meeting Attention! This is a copy of the proposed new PSF bylaws, for approval at the 2009-03-27 PSF Members' Meeting. Also see: Text source of the proposed new bylaws Copy of old bylaws (as they existed prior to the proposed changes) & text source Description of differences between old & new bylaws (unified diff & context diff) Current bylaws Bylaws of the Python Software Foundation ARTICLE I Business Offices The corpor...

  • Copy of PSF Bylaws Prior to March 2009 Members' Meeting

    Copy of PSF Bylaws Prior to March 2009 Members' Meeting Attention! This is a copy of the PSF bylaws as they existed prior to the 2009-03-27 PSF Members' Meeting. Also see: Text source of the old bylaws Proposed new bylaws & text source Description of differences between old & new bylaws (unified diff & context diff) Current bylaws Bylaws of the Python Software Foundation ARTICLE I Business Offices The corporation shall have such offices either within or outside the Stat...

  • Python Success Stories

    Python Success Stories Introduction Wing IDE is a commercial integrated development environment for the Python programming language. Wing provides developers with a full-featured source editor, debugger, code browser, and many other tools specifically designed for use with Python. Wing works with all forms of Python, whether running as a stand-alone app, under a web server, or in a custom embedded scripting environment. Several GUI layers (wxPython, PyQt, PyGTK, and Tkinter) are supported, as...

  • Unifying types and classes in Python 2.2

    ...%s" % name, None) fset = getattr(cls, "_set_%s" % name, None) setattr(cls, name, property(fget, fset)) Let's test autoprop with a silly example. Here's a class that stores an attribute x as its inverted value under self.__x: class InvertedX: __metaclass__ = autoprop def _get_x(self): return -self.__x def _set_x(self, x): self.__x = -x a = InvertedX() assert not hasattr(a, "x") ...

  • Unifying types and classes in Python 2.2

    ...%s" % name, None) fset = getattr(cls, "_set_%s" % name, None) setattr(cls, name, property(fget, fset)) Let's test autoprop with a silly example. Here's a class that stores an attribute x as its inverted value under self.__x: class InvertedX: __metaclass__ = autoprop def _get_x(self): return -self.__x def _set_x(self, x): self.__x = -x a = InvertedX() assert not hasattr(a, "x") ...

  • Unifying types and classes in Python 2.2

    ...%s" % name, None) fset = getattr(cls, "_set_%s" % name, None) setattr(cls, name, property(fget, fset)) Let's test autoprop with a silly example. Here's a class that stores an attribute x as its inverted value under self.__x: class InvertedX: __metaclass__ = autoprop def _get_x(self): return -self.__x def _set_x(self, x): self.__x = -x a = InvertedX() assert not hasattr(a, "x") ...

  • Unifying types and classes in Python 2.2

    ...%s" % prop, None) fset = getattr(cls, "_set_%s" % prop, None) setattr(cls, prop, property(fget, fset)) Let's test autoprop with a silly example. Here's a class that stores an attribute x as its inverted value under self.__x: class InvertedX: __metaclass__ = autoprop def _get_x(self): return -self.__x def _set_x(self, x): self.__x = -x a = InvertedX() assert not hasattr(a, "x") a.x = 12 assert a.x == 12 assert a._Invert...

  • 2011-01-24 PSF Board Meeting Minutes

    2011-01-24 PSF Board Meeting Minutes The Python Software Foundation Minutes of a Regular Meeting of the Board of Directors January 24, 2011 A regular meeting of the Python Software Foundation ("PSF") Board of Directors was held over Internet Relay Chat beginning at 16:00 UTC, 24 January 2011. Steve Holden presided at the meeting. Pat Campbell prepared the minutes. All votes are reported in the form "Y-N-A" (in favor — opposed — abstentions; e.g. "5-1-2" mea...

  • Python 2.0

    ...%s" % u"abc" no longer raises a TypeError. Compilation of deeply nested expressions raises MemoryError instead of SyntaxError, e.g. eval("[" * 50 + "]" * 50). In 2.0b2 on Windows, the interpreter wrote .pyc files in text mode, rendering them useless. They are now written in binary mode again. Standard library Keyword arguments are now accepted for most pattern and match object methods in SRE, the standard regular expression engine. In SRE, fixed error with negati...

  • 2012-04-30 PSF Board Meeting Minutes

    2012-04-30 PSF Board Meeting Minutes The Python Software Foundation Minutes of a Regular Meeting of the Board of Directors April 30, 2012 A regular meeting of the Python Software Foundation ("PSF") Board of Directors was held over Internet Relay Chat beginning at 16:00 UTC, 30 April 2012. Steve Holden presided at the meeting. Pat Campbell prepared the minutes. All votes are reported in the form "Y-N-A" (in favor — opposed — abstentions; e.g. "...

  • 2011-02-28 PSF Board Meeting Minutes

    2011-02-28 PSF Board Meeting Minutes The Python Software Foundation Minutes of a Regular Meeting of the Board of Directors February 28, 2011 A regular meeting of the Python Software Foundation ("PSF") Board of Directors was held over Internet Relay Chat beginning at 16:00 UTC, 28 February 2011. Steve Holden presided at the meeting. Pat Campbell prepared the minutes. All votes are reported in the form "Y-N-A" (in favor — opposed — abstentions; e.g. "5-1-2&quo...

  • 2013-11-01 PSF Board Meeting Minutes

    2013-11-01 PSF Board Meeting Minutes The Python Software Foundation Minutes of a Regular Meeting of the Board of Directors November 01, 2013 A regular meeting of the Python Software Foundation ("PSF") Board of Directors was held over Group Conference Call via phone and Internet Relay Chat beginning at 17:00 CET/ 12:00 EDT, on November 01 2013. Van Lindberg presided over the meeting. Ewa Jodlowska prepared the minutes. All votes are reported in the form "Y-N-A" (in favor...

  • PSF Fellows Roster

    PSF Fellows Roster Nominate a Fellow The criteria for PSF Fellows and how to nominate someone to be a Fellow can be found on our PSF Fellow main page. Fellows of the Python Software Foundation Fellows The year the fellow was elected is in parentheses. Aaron Yankey (2019) Abhijeet Mote (2025) Abigail Afi Gbadago (2025) Abigail Mesrenyame Dogbe (2019) Abhishek Mishra (2023) Adam Johnson (2024) Adrian Holovaty (2009) Aidis Stukas (2025) Aisha Bello (2017) Al Sweigart (2020) Alex Gaynor...

  • 2012-06-18 & 2012-06-25 PSF Board Meeting Minutes

    2012-06-18 & 2012-06-25 PSF Board Meeting Minutes The Python Software Foundation Minutes of a Regular Meeting of the Board of Directors June 18, 2012 & June 25, 2012 A regular meeting of the Python Software Foundation ("PSF") Board of Directors was held over Group Video Calling via Skype and Internet Relay Chat beginning at 16:00 UTC, 18 June 2012 (Part 1) and resumed on 25 June 2012 (Part 2) & again was held over Group Video Calling via Skype and Internet Relay Cha...

  • 2013-12-06 PSF Board Meeting Minutes

    2013-12-06 PSF Board Meeting Minutes The Python Software Foundation Minutes of a Regular Meeting of the Board of Directors December 06, 2013 A regular meeting of the Python Software Foundation ("PSF") Board of Directors was held over Group Conference Call via phone and Internet Relay Chat beginning at 18:00 CET/ 12:00 EST, on December 06, 2013. Van Lindberg presided over the meeting. Ewa Jodlowska prepared the minutes. All votes are reported in the form "Y-N-A" (in favo...

  • EDU-SIG: Python in Education

    EDU-SIG: Python in Education EDU-SIG: Python in Education More and more, Python is making inroads at all levels in education. Python offers an interactive environment in which to explore procedural, functional and object oriented approaches to problem solving. Its high level data structures and clear syntax make it an ideal first language, while the large number of existing libraries make it suitable to tackle almost any programming tasks. Edu-sig, through its mailing list, provides an infor...

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