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  • 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 …

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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 …

  • 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...

  • Python Software Foundation Board Meeting Minutes 2006-07-10

    ...what they do in simple terms, then read the elaboration." The discussion was deferred to email. 10   Adjournment S. Holden adjourned the meeting at 18:00 UTC.

  • 2007-08-13 PSF Board Meeting Minutes

    ...what we've seen and would like to show our support by giving back to the Python community." RESOLVED, that the board of directors recommends EarnMyDegree.com to the membership, as a future sponsor member of the PSF. Approved 6-0-0. K. Kaiser will notify EarnMyDegree.com of their pending sponsor member status and send an invoice for sponsor dues. 6   Copyright Transfers S. Deibel reported that K. Kaiser sent out copyright transfer agreements and nominal payments to Tim Park...

  • Donation Drive

    ...What does the Python Software Foundation do? The PSF holds and protects the trademarks behind the Python programming language.  We awarded over 220 grants worldwide in 2017 thanks to the revenue generated through PyCon (40 more than in 2016) amounting to more than $257,000.  We support the python.org website and the Python Package Index (PyPI) that hosts thousands of third-party modules for Python. The PSF was just awarded $170,000 grant from Mozilla Open Source Program to improve ...

  • 2012-04-30 PSF Board Meeting Minutes

    ...what we learned from 2012, and I am ramping up sponsorship discussions for 2013 behind the scenes. Until the books are closed for 2012 I am not comfortable with moving forward on 2013. I have a larger blog post planned to discuss the conference overall - with over 2300 attendees, the conference was a wild success by any measure and feedback has been positive modulo complaints about the food." 5.6   Sprint Committee (SC) J. Noller &/or B. Curtin, Sprint Committee Chair,...

  • 2009-11-09 PSF Board Meeting Minutes

    ...what the implementation plan is. How would a sponsor get into their level?" S. Holden: "We have to write to sponsors asking them to choose their level for next year." T. Peters: "I believe sponsors pick their own level in this plan -- we don't force a level on them, we just suggest." S. Holden: "I will send a draft letter out to the Board, and maybe to members as well for comment and revision, targeting mailing by the end of November." RESOLVED, that the PSF a...

  • Release – Python 3.12.0

    Version: None

    Released: Oct. 2, 2023

    This is the stable release of Python 3.12.0 Python 3.12.0 is the newest major release of the Python programming language, and it contains many new features and optimizations. Major new features of the 3.12 series, compared to 3.11 New features More flexible f-string parsing, …

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