Hi, I've been following this thread and the specific issue of the strong negative reaction to the name "Stackless Python 2.8", and I'm a bit bothered by the whole experience.
Was there any concern about the name "Stackless Python 0.x" when Christian released his original versions? More importantly, has it caused any real problems over the years? https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-announce-list/1999-July/000117.html Was there any concern about the dozens of "Stackless Python 2.x" and "Stackless Python 3.x" versions that I have released over the years being a cause for confusion? Or more importantly, any actual problems experienced? Yet, suddenly, the chance that we may release a "Stackless Python 2.8", is a concern. https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2013-November/130429.html https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2013-November/130466.html https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2013-November/130467.html https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2013-November/130495.html We've been releasing a variant of Python with related version numbers for over 14 years, under the name "Stackless Python x.x". Now because of a different version number, not only is there strong opposition to us continuing to use this name, but people go so far as to talk about trademarks as a way to prevent us using "Python" in there. https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2013-November/130435.html We're not talking about releasing a Python 2.8 against anyone's wishes here. Or in _this specific case_, doing anything other than naming something in a way we've been naming it for over a decade. Yet it's reached the point where people are alluding to ways to forcibly stop us. That there are people who would consider using the trademark to force us to change the name we've been using without harm for 14 years, worries me. It's one thing to perhaps use it to stop someone scamming Python users, and another to suggest using it as a weapon against us for this? Really? Cheers, Richard. _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com