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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...

  • Parade of the PEPs

    ...Python code broken with this. No array attributes (namely shape, flat, real and imag) for Python versions previous to 2.2 (we use the properties feature to support this for 2.2 and later; so it is only incompatible with Numeric with older versions of Python) There are more minor differences, but these are the major backward compatiblity issues at the Python level. Two of them should not be problems for most users using Python 2.2 or later. It does have a number of importa...

  • Python Success Stories

    ...Python libraries. Because Python is open source, the ERP5 developers could find and fix the bugs quickly and contribute the fixes back to the Python community. ERP5SyncML is now being used not only by ERP5 but was also adopted by the Nuxeo CPS, a Content Management System, as a way to synchronize documents between French government agencies. Python-GLPK: Linear Programming in Python Some aspects of an ERP system's database query functionality require mathematics that go beyond the capabilities...

  • 2010-09-20 PSF Board Meeting Minutes

    ...Python Software Foundation Minutes of a Regular Meeting of the Board of Directors September 20, 2010 Draft A regular meeting of the Python Software Foundation ("PSF") Board of Directors was held over Internet Relay Chat beginning at 16:00 UTC, 20 September 2010. 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" means "5 in favor, 1 opposed, and 2...

  • Summary of "Extension Building" Session

    ...Python script tentatively called setup.py (the fact that this name overlaps somewhat with the module description file in the Python distribution and in many large module distributions is deliberate, and may be construed as a bug or a feature). See below for arguments to setup.py and what happens when it's run. Also, nobody disagreed with my contention that the system should work on "extensions" (ie. modules written in C) or plain ol' "modules" (written in P...

  • Notes

    ...Python 2.4 beta 2? Release date: 03-NOV-2004 License The Python Software Foundation changed the license under which Python is released, to remove Python version numbers. There were no other changes to the license. So, for example, wherever the license for Python 2.3 said "Python 2.3", the new license says "Python". The intent is to make it possible to refer to the PSF license in a more durable way. For example, some people say they're confused by that the Open Source Ini...

  • Python Software Foundation Members Meeting Minutes 2006-02-24

    Python Software Foundation Members Meeting Minutes 2006-02-24 The Python Software Foundation Minutes of the 2006 Members Meeting February 24, 2006 The members of the Python Software Foundation (the "PSF") held its annual meeting on February 24, 2006 at 17:10 CST (23:10 UTC) in the Marriott Quorum Hotel in Dallas/Addison, Texas, USA (PyCon TX 2006). Stephan Deibel presided over the meeting. David Goodger prepared these minutes. Contents 1   Attendance 2 &nbs...

  • 2007-07-09 PSF Board Meeting Minutes

    ...python.org to list the recipients of the Frank Willison Award. Status: in progress. Originally from May 2007, Section 6, EuroPython Sponsorship: A. Kuchling will contact the EuroPython organizers to arrange for the PSF's sponsorship. Status: in progress. Originally from May 2007, Section 7, PyCon Uno (Italy): D. Goodger will produce a PSF logo based on the Python logo. Status: in progress. Originally from May 2007, Section 7, PyCon Uno (Italy): D. Goodger will look into making PSF banners. D....

  • PSF Community Service Awards

    ...Python community, including co-chairing PyLadiesCon, co-founding PyLadies en Español, coordinating Python en Español events, contributing to Python Docs ES, and volunteering at EuroPython and PyCon US. Q2 2026 Community Service Award was given to Paul Everitt for decades of Python community contributions spanning his founding role on the PSF Board of Directors, long-running developer advocacy of Python at JetBrains, and most recently co-authoring PEP 750 to introduce t-strings in Python 3.14. ...

  • 2010-12-20 PSF Board Meeting Minutes

    ...Python Brochure RESOLVED,that the PSF pre-finances and underwrites the costs of producing a printed Python brochure as outlined in the proposal http://mail.python.org/mailman/private/psf-board/2010-December/013532.html. Approved, 6-5-0. 7   Fund 2010 Summer pyGames Competition RESOLVED, that the PSF provide a grant of $1,000 US to sponsor the Summer pyGames python based programming competition. Aproved, 10-0-1. 8   2010-Q4 Community Service Award Nominations ...

  • 2010-11-15 PSF Board Meeting Minutes

    ...python core" domain. The PSF and Sprint committee may also accept donations to the PSF to help further fund the Sprints project as a whole, but not to specific sprints via donor advisement. Approved, 9-0-0. 9   Other Business 9.1   Assign Subdomain Pl.Python.org RESOLVED, that the PSF will assign the subdomain pl.python.org to Piotr Tynecki and the Polish Python Coders Group, technical details to be arranged by the Infrastructure Committee. Approved, 7-0-0....

  • PSF Trademark Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

    ...Python core team project (e.g. "Python Inc.", "Python Corp.", "Python 4.0", "Python Future", "Python NG", "Python Compiler", "Python Shop", etc.) and also won't approve names which suggest exclusivity (e.g. "The Python Academy", "The Python School", "Python Certification Authority", etc.). May I use the Python logo for promotion? This is fine as long as you use the unaltered Python logos from ou...

  • Python Success Stories

    Python Success Stories First published in Linux Journal, May 2000. Copyright 2000 Specialized Systems Consultants, Inc. All rights reserved. Introduction My first look at Python was an accident, and I didn't much like what I saw at the time. It was early 1997, and Mark Lutz's book Programming Python from O'Reilly & Associates had recently come out. O'Reilly books occasionally land on my doorstep, selected from among the new releases by some mysterious benefactor inside the organization u...

  • 2009-05-11 PSF Board Meeting Minutes

    ...Python Buildhaus" project. Voting on a resolution was deferred to email. 10   Funding Application for EuroPython B. Cannon noted that EuroPython and PyCon UK are being held together this year, so we would be funding the two at once. RESOLVED, that the PSF will provide a grant of $6,000 to the EuroPython conference to be held in the UK in June 2009. Approved, 6-0-2. [61] S. Holden will inform the EuroPython organizers of the PSF's funding and will ask for an invoice. 11&...

  • 2011-03-21 PSF Board Meeting Minutes

    ...Python logo. Carl Trachte identified a possible derivative logo used by Amara, but it seems to be sufficiently different not to be derived or confusable with the Python logo Carl Trachte identified some modification for 3D effect by "The Python Noob" but they do not appear to pose a problem. Python Logo Glencairn Glasses were produced with nominative use of logo, and our Chair apparently managed to claim at least a set of them while they slipped by possessions of the Trademarks committ...

  • 2014-01-31 PSF Board Meeting Minutes

    ...Python Events Calendar I'm continuing discussions with national and local groups, encourage people to make use of the Python events calendars: http://wiki.python.org/moin/PythonEventsCalendar and help maintain it, along with a team of volunteers. The team now uses a mailing list instead of the email alias list. It's public and anyone can subscribe to it: https://wiki.python.org/moin/PythonEventsCalendar#Mailing_List Submissions sent to events at python.org are forwarded to this mailing list. I r...

  • 2011-05-16 PSF Board Meeting Minutes

    ...Python Insider blog into other languages. In addition to the original two translations, we now have teams working on Simplified and Traditional Chinese, Korean, Portuguese, Romanian, and German. Persian and Russian volunteers just joined and are setting up the tools. We have added links to all of the available translations in the sidebar on http://blog.python.org/. Work with Jesse Noller to announce the Python-core Mentors project. No progress Post a request for help with PSF logos No progress...

  • PSF Board Resolutions

    ...Python Software Foundation Board of Directors grant $7500 USD to the 1st PythonHo Regional Python Community Conference taking place in Ho, Ghana, on October 25-26, 2024. Approved; 12-0-0, 2024-08-15 RESOLVED, that the Python Software Foundation Board of Directors grant $7500 USD to the 1st PythonHo Regional Python Community Conference taking place in Ho, Ghana, on October 25-26, 2024. Approved; 12-0-0, 2024-08-15 RESOLVED, that the Python Software Foundation charter a Board Committee to review...

  • Unifying types and classes in Python 2.2

    ...Python 2.2 Unifying types and classes in Python 2.2 Python Version: 2.2.2 (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 Change Log Introduction Subclassing built-in types Built-in types as factory functions Introspecting instances of built-in types Static methods and class methods Proper...

  • Unifying types and classes in Python 2.2

    ...Python ever, and yet it can be done with very few backwards incompatibilities. The changes are described in minute detail in a series of PEPs (Python Enhancement Proposals). PEPs are not designed to be tutorials, and the PEPs describing the type/class unification are sometimes hard to read. They also aren't finished yet. That's where this paper comes in: it introduces the key elements of the type/class unification for the average Python programmer. A bit of terminology: "classic Pyt...

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