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  • July 2012 PSF Members' Meeting Minutes

    ...What does the PSF do? It protects the IP in Python. It funds conferences and sprints. It funds Python related projects as well as helps run PSF projects. It helps spread the word about Python. How can members help? They can talk to people and provide contacts. They can bring Python forward in professional settings. They can organize local user groups or meetings. They can participate in PSF projects. More information is available by visiting the PSF booth at EuroPython. You can also write an ema...

  • Python Success Stories

    ...what a production needed at any given time, whether that meant allowing for a specific look for an entire show, or just a single CG character or element. As it turned out, even some of ILM's non-technical users were able to learn enough Python to develop simple plug-ins and to create and modify production control scripts along side the technical users. Python Unifies the Toolset Encouraged by its successes in batch process control and in scripting applications and software components, ILM star...

  • Python 3.3.3 Release

    ...What's new in 3.3? 3.3 Release Schedule Report bugs at http://bugs.python.org. Help fund Python and its community. Download This is a production release. Please report any bugs you encounter. We currently support these formats for download: Bzipped source tar ball (3.3.3) (sig), ~ 14 MB XZ compressed source tar ball (3.3.3) (sig), ~ 11 MB Gzipped source tar ball (3.3.3) (sig), ~ 16 MB Windows x86 MSI Installer (3.3.3) (sig) and Visual Studio debug information files (sig) Windows X86-64 ...

  • Python 3.3.4 Release

    ...What's new in 3.3? 3.3 Release Schedule Report bugs at http://bugs.python.org. Help fund Python and its community. Download This is a production release. Please report any bugs you encounter. We support these formats for download: XZ compressed source tar ball (3.3.4) (sig), ~ 11 MB Gzipped source tar ball (3.3.4) (sig), ~ 16 MB Windows x86 MSI Installer (3.3.4) (sig) and Visual Studio debug information files (sig) Windows X86-64 MSI Installer (3.3.4) [1] (sig) and Visual Studio debug i...

  • 2009-12-21 PSF Board Meeting Minutes

    ...what they've done." S. Holden: "So this discussion was more of a heads-up than anything else. It would be good to have all directors' support." 8   Funding for Python Miro Community Website S. Holden: "Can we see a tangible or intangible benefit to the Python community?" M. von Löwis: "I think we shouldn't do that. They start with "the objective of this grant is to reduce the difficulty of finding and disseminating videos related to Python,&quo...

  • 2011-04-18 PSF Board Meeting Minutes

    ...what the total cost was and what our portion will be." On his report of new activities for the month, J. Noller said: "We're caught up on promotion and reporting, with the Cape Town and Cordoba follow-ups posted within the last two weeks. We owe the Chicago Flourish sprint a follow-up post which will be going out within the week. As for reimbursements, Cape Town has received their funds and Cordoba and Chicago were just sent in." 5.7   Trademarks Committee (TMC) D...

  • 2018 PSF Annual Report

    ...what our community needs and improve the support we provide. Even though we cannot attend to everyone’s needs in one attempt, we will continue to address what our community needs and introduce new ways to support the growth of Python. Ewa Jodlowska Executive Director Naomi Ceder ...

  • Executive Summary: The Python Software Foundation

    ...what factors make an open source release legally valid. In fact, the PSF does not directly own the copyright to any of the Python source code. The copyrights are retained by the organizations and individuals that contributed the code. The PSF obtains its rights through licensing. An important concern here is that the licensing was made by those that had a legal right to do so, in other words by the original authors or copyright holders of the code. The legal history of the code in Python is thus...

  • 2009-01-12 PSF Board Meeting Minutes

    ...what would we do with the sponsorship money?" 9   Members' Meeting S. Holden noted that we need to start preparing for the members' meeting, and recommended that the Secretary make use of the PSF Administrator to reduce his workload. S. Holden: "I think with the new bylaws in place we should start to feel more comfortable about expanding the membership." T. Peters: "Note that anyone can nominate members at any time." S. Deibel: "We may even be ...

  • 2013-06-14 PSF Board Meeting Minutes

    ...what we normally sponsor, we're contributing $600, which is double our normal amount for a small one-day sprint. Because we've worked with these people in the past, and because it's going to fund travel, we're going to try and work this as an up-front payment rather than reimbursement. We trust that they're using the funds appropriately, but we're going to gather receipts for our records. 5.5   Communications Report Summary Not much to share for this report, except we did ...

  • Archive 2018: Executive Summary: The Python Software Foundation

    ...what factors make an open source release legally valid. In fact, the PSF does not directly own the copyright to any of the Python source code. The copyrights are retained by the organizations and individuals that contributed the code. The PSF obtains its rights through licensing. An important concern here is that the licensing was made by those that had a legal right to do so, in other words by the original authors or copyright holders of the code. The legal history of the code in Python is thus...

  • Release – Python 3.14.0b2

    Version: None

    Released: May 26, 2025

    Here's the second 3.14 beta. https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-3140b2/ This is a beta preview of Python 3.14 Python 3.14 is still in development. This release, 3.14.0b2, is the first of four planned beta releases. Beta release previews are intended to give the wider community the opportunity to test new features and bug fixes …

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  • Python Success Stories

    ...whatever language we chose. Forming a startup is risky enough without having to worry about being completely dependent upon somebody else to fix bugs in your tool set. Python is open source with an unrestrictive license. Ability to Integrate: We had no desire to reinvent the wheel. We needed a language that would play nicely with existing programs, such as relational databases, web software, and whatever other existing applications we might need to integrate into our applications in the future. ...

  • Python Software Foundation Members Meeting Minutes 2005-03-24

    ...what guidelines we want, and whether python.com is a problem. 4.3   Members Meeting Discussed: whether the members meeting is productive enough. 4.4   U.S.-Centric? Is the PSF too US-centric? The proxy ballots were made available too late this year. Hallen said it did not make sense to work more closely with EuroPython Society right now to organize EuroPython. David Ascher asked whether we should do more to internationalize the python.org site. 5  ...

  • Python Software Foundation: Minutes of Board of Directors Meeting, November 8, 2005

    ...what unfair. Only Facundo Batista was funded (airfare, hotel, food) for PyConDC2005. Guido van Rossum was also funded, but his case falls into a different category (BDFL & keynote speaker). Last year, $2500 was allocated for Guido and $3000 at the conference committee's discretion. The amount to allocate this year was discussed without resolution. A. Kuchling will discuss attendee funding with the conference committee and make a proposal to the board. 7   Public Support ...

  • 2007-09-10 PSF Board Meeting Minutes

    ...what doesn't work." D. Goodger raised issue of "Advocacy Coordinator" versus "Advocate": "I think the job is really 'Advocate', not coordinator." T. Peters: "To 'coordinate', he'd have to find a way to get others to volunteer too." D. Goodger: "It's hard to coordinate a lack of volunteers." T. Peters: "I especially like that he helped get user groups formed. I like 'grass roots'." Since there was neither consensus nor a concrete ...

  • Linux RPMs for Python 2.2.1

    ...what was formerly known as "e-smith" before its acquisition by Mitel Networks). They are maintained by <a href="mailto:dan_york@mitel.com">Dan York</a>. The RPMs themselves are in: <p> <a href="ftp://ftp.e-smith.org/pub/e-smith/contrib/DanYork/RPMS/i386/"> ftp://ftp.e-smith.org/pub/e-smith/contrib/DanYork/RPMS/i386/ </a> <p> and a simple HOWTO for installing them is at: <p> <a href="http://www.lodestar2.com/soft...

  • Release – Python 3.12.0a6

    Version: None

    Released: March 8, 2023

    This is an early developer preview of Python 3.12. Major new features of the 3.12 series, compared to 3.11 Python 3.12 is still in development. This release, 3.12.0a6 is the sixth of seven planned alpha releases. Alpha releases are intended to make it easier to test the current state …

  • 2008 PSF Members' Meeting Minutes

    ...what we should do if there's no contributor form. It was pointed out that the Google Summer of Code required participants to submit PSF contributor forms. Martin von Löwis noted that it's best to be covered. Guido van Rossum noted that contributor forms are really for the reassurance of companies who use Python. Facundo Batista suggested that contributor form information be integrated with the issue tracker (bug/patch tracker). This was welcomed as a good idea. Doug Napoleone reported that th...

  • Python Software Foundation Board Meeting Minutes 2006-06-12

    ...what will happen with it but wanted to keep it on the agenda: "Frankly, I'm back to the 'PSF should prove itself first' mindset." Status: deferred. D. Goodger volunteered to draft a plan and a budget for positive actions to take to move Python forward. 3.3   Carried Forward The following are action items carried forward from the 10 April 2006 meeting, as highlighted in the minutes (Section 3, Status of Past Action Items): Originally from October 2005, Section 4, Pub...

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