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  • Python Software Foundation: Minutes of Board of Directors Meeting, December 13, 2005

    ....1, Trademarks & The .com Domain: N. Norwitz will ask the lawyer about the python.com domain. Status: in progress. N. Norwitz has begun discussions with the lawyer. He reports that he is supposed to talk to the lawyer again at some point, but it doesn't seem like our chances are great of getting python.com. Originally from October 2005, Section 4, Public Support Committee: D. Goodger will pursue web page and installer donation link ideas. Status: carried forward. Originally from October ...

  • 2012-12-19 PSF Board Meeting Minutes

    ....1   Summary 14.2   Progress 14.2.1   Sponsor Options 14.2.2   Educational Sponsorship 14.2.3   Please Help find Sponsors 14.3   Issues 14.4   Future plans 15   Community Relations Report - 2012-12-19 15.1   Summary 15.2   Progress 15.2.1   Conference Kits 15.2.2   Local PSF Representation 15.2.3   E...

  • Summary of "Extension Building" Session

    ....2.3-sunos5.tar.gz or mydist-1.2.3-win32.zip. However, there's a lot of interest in "smart" installers like Red Hat's RPM (and I got the impression that there are a couple of competing possibilities for the Windows world -- someone from the dark side will have to fill me in on that). My current thinking is that there should be a separate command (or Makefile target) for each of these, so you might run make rpm on a Red Hat Linux box, and ...

  • Standard Exception Classes in Python 1.5

    ....2 -baw) User-defined Python exceptions can be either strings or Python classes. Since classes have many nice properties when used as exceptions, it is desirable to migrate to a situation where classes are used exclusively. Prior to Python 1.5 alpha 4, Python's standard exceptions (IOError, TypeError, etc.) were defined as strings. Changing these to classes posed some particularly nasty backward compatibility problems. In Python versions 1.5 and later, the standard exceptions are ...

  • PSF Bylaws Version 1

    ....2. Other States. In the event the corporation desires to qualify to do business in one or more states other than Delaware, the corporation shall designate the location of the registered office in each such state and designate the registered agent for service of process at such address in the manner provided by the law of the state in which the corporation elects to be qualified. ARTICLE III Meetings of Members Section 3.1. Place of Meetings. Meetings of the members shall be held at the p...

  • Executive Summary: The Python Software Foundation

    ....1 is covered by the PSF License, while some older portions of the code are covered by the older licenses lower down on the stack. For most users, the details of the license stack are irrelevant. All of the licenses grant permission to use, modify, and redistribute the code in an non-restrictive way. However, it is a good idea to have a basic understanding of how the licensing works, how it relates to copyright ownership, and what factors make an open source release legally valid. In fact, the P...

  • Archive 2018: Executive Summary: The Python Software Foundation

    ....1 is covered by the PSF License, while some older portions of the code are covered by the older licenses lower down on the stack. For most users, the details of the license stack are irrelevant. All of the licenses grant permission to use, modify, and redistribute the code in an non-restrictive way. However, it is a good idea to have a basic understanding of how the licensing works, how it relates to copyright ownership, and what factors make an open source release legally valid. In fact, the P...

  • Python Software Foundation: Minutes of the 1st Meeting of Board of Directors

    ....11. Effect of Withdrawal or Termination of Membership. Upon any withdrawal or termination of the membership of any member, the membership, including all related voting rights, of such member shall be terminated. After a withdrawal or termination of the membership of any member, or a conversion of the membership of any member to emeritus status, such member may reapply for membership in accordance with Section 4.1 of these Bylaws. ARTICLE V Directors Section 5.1. Powers. The business and affa...

  • PSF Officers & Board Members

    PSF Officers & Board Members Officers & Directors by Year 2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 2020-2021 Earlier Officers & Directors by Name Officers By Title Officers & Directors by Year See also Duties & Responsibilities of Directors 2025-2026 Officers President/Chair: Jannis Leidel Vice Chair Elect: Cristián Maureira-Fredes Vice Chairs: Christopher Neugebauer and Georgi Ker Executive Director: Deb Nicholson Secretary: Deb Nicholson Assistant Secre...

  • Computer Programming for Everybody

    Computer Programming for Everybody Computer Programming for Everybody This is the main text of a funding proposal that we sent to DARPA in January 1999. In August 1999, we submitted a revised version of the proposal. Please look at the EDU-SIG home page (Python in Education Special Interest Group). This is where the current project status is described and/or will be discussed, and where you'll find pointers to more resources. Note:I have made one change to the text of the propos...

  • Proposed PSF Bylaws Prior for March 2009 Members' Meeting

    ....2. Other States. In the event the corporation desires to qualify to do business in one or more states other than Delaware, the corporation shall designate the location of the registered office in each such state and designate the registered agent for service of process at such address in the manner provided by the law of the state in which the corporation elects to be qualified. ARTICLE III Meetings of Members Section 3.1. Place of Meetings. Meetings of the members shall be held at the p...

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

    ....11. Effect of Withdrawal or Termination of Membership. Upon any withdrawal or termination of the membership of any member, the membership, including all related voting rights, of such member shall be terminated. After a withdrawal or termination of the membership of any member, or a conversion of the membership of any member to emeritus status, such member may reapply for membership in accordance with Section 4.1 of these Bylaws. ARTICLE V Directors Section 5.1. Powers. The business and a...

  • PSF Trademark Usage Policy

    ....2.2. Version 1.3 was approved by the PSF board January 8, 2007. It clarifies how the policy relates to nominative use rules, and adjusts the derived logo examples to avoid unnecessary restrictions on commercial use of certain types of derived logos. Helping Out As a member of the Python community, please keep an eye out for questionable uses of the Python logo and "Python" word mark. You can report potential misuse to The PSF Trademarks Committee. We will evaluate each case and ta...

  • PSF Community Service Awards

    ....2, and the Release Manager for Python 3.6 and 3.7. The Q4 2022 Community Service Award was given to Carol Willing for her work as a Python Core Developer and her years of service on the Python Steering Council. June 2022 The Q2 2022 Community Service Award was given to Philip James for all his contributions to the Python community, most notably his stewardship of the PSF's Code of Conduct Work Group as the Work Group Chair for its first four years. The Q2 2022 Community Service Award was gi...

  • Python Success Stories

    Python Success Stories Introducing IronPython Pairing the Python language's expressivity with the seamless availability of the extensive .NET class libraries makes IronPython a powerful combination for Resolver Systems. About Resolver Systems Resolver Systems is a two year-old start-up based on the outskirts of London's financial district. Our first product, Resolver One, is a desktop and web-accessible spreadsheet aimed primarily at the financial services market. It is written entirely in ...

  • Built-in Package Support in Python 1.5

    ....1/src. Path Configuration Files If the package really requires adding one or more directories on sys.path (e.g. because it has not yet been structured to support dotted-name import), a "path configuration file" named package.pth can be placed in either the site-python or site-packages directory. Each line in this file (except for comments and blank lines) is considered to contain a directory name which is appended to sys.path. Relative pathnames are allowed and interpreted re...

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