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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 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 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 Software Foundation: Minutes of Board of Directors Meeting, October 11, 2005 (Draft) The Python Software Foundation Minutes of a Regular Meeting of the Board of Directors (Draft) October 11, 2005 A regular meeting of the Python Software Foundation (the "PSF") Board of Directors was held over Internet Relay Chat beginning at 17:15 UTC, 11 October 2005. Martin von Löwis presided at the meeting. 1 Attendance The following members of the Board of Directors w...
PSF Fellow Membership psf fellow members The deadline to nominate someone for Quarter 1 consideration is 11:59 p.m. UTC, February 20, 2026. Please send your nomination to: psf-fellow@python.org Your nomination should include: The name of the person you are nominating. Why you think they meet the Fellow criteria, i.e. how they have served the Python community. Please also include an email address for the person you are nominating. Example nomination: I, Marcia Nominator, propose that Mar...
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 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...
IDLE and tkinter with Tcl/Tk on macOS Important If you are using macOS 12 Monterey or later, you may see problems with file open and save dialogs when using IDLE or other tkinter-based applications. The most recent versions of python.org installers (for 3.10.0 and 3.9.8) have patched versions of Tk to avoid these problems. They should be fixed in an upcoming Tk 8.6.12 release. If you are using a Python from any current python.org Python installer for macOS (3.10.0+ or 3.9.0+), no further acti...
Python 1.6.1 Python 1.6.1 Note: See the download pages for more recent releases. What's new? Python 1.6 was the last of the versions developed at CNRI and the only version issued by CNRI with an open source license. Following the release of Python 1.6, and after Guido van Rossum left CNRI to work with commercial software developers, it became clear that the ability to use Python with software available under the GNU General Public License (GPL) was very desirable. CNRI and the Free Softwa...
PSF Board Meeting Minutes 2013 December 6th, 2013 November 15th, 2013 November 1st, 2013 September 27th, 2013 September 13th, 2013 August 30th, 2013 August 16th, 2013 July 26th, 2013 July 12th, 2013 June 28th, 2013 June 14th, 2013 May 31st, 2013 May 10th, 2013 April 26th, 2013 April 12th, 2013 March 29th, 2013 March 5th, 2013 February 20th, 2013 February 6th, 2013 January 16th, 2013 2012 December 19th, 2012 December 5th, 2012 November 21st, 2012 November 7th, 2012 October 17th, 2012 Sept...
PSF Trademark Usage Policy PSF Trademark Policy and Guidelines In case you have questions regarding our trademark policy, please check our PSF Trademark FAQ or contact the PSF Trademarks Committee for help. Introduction This document outlines the policy of the Python Software Foundation ("PSF") regarding the use of its trademarks. Any use of any PSF trademark must be in accordance with this policy. "Python" is a registered trademark of the PSF. The Python logos (in severa...
Python Software Foundation: Minutes of Board of Directors Meeting, December 13, 2005 The Python Software Foundation Minutes of a Regular Meeting of the Board of Directors December 13, 2005 A regular meeting of the Python Software Foundation ("PSF") Board of Directors was held over Internet Relay Chat beginning at 18:04 UTC, 13 December 2005. Stephan Deibel presided at the meeting. 1 Attendance The following members of the Board of Directors were present at the ...
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 Built-in Package Support in Python 1.5 Starting with Python version 1.5a4, package support is built into the Python interpreter. This implements a slightly simplified and modified version of the package import semantics pioneered by the "ni" module. "Package import" is a method to structure Python's module namespace by using "dotted module names". For example, the module name A.B designates a submodule named B in a package named A. Just like...
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