s/python/pythone28000/g. There; now I can read the diff's. On Saturday, December 10, 2016, Wes Turner <wes.tur...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On Saturday, December 10, 2016, M.-A. Lemburg <m...@egenix.com > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','m...@egenix.com');>> wrote: > >> On 10.12.2016 10:05, David Mertz wrote: >> > I'm forwarding this to the PSF Trademarks committee. If there is a >> > violation, it's a misuse of trademark, not copyright on the code which >> has >> > the Python license stack. >> > >> > I'm on that committee and agree this is improper use. Let's see what >> other >> > members think. >> >> Our trademark policy for the word mark Python does allow >> for such use and without asking for permissions: >> >> https://www.python.org/psf/trademarks/ >> """ >> ... >> As such, stating accurately that software is written in the Python >> programming language, that it is compatible with the Python programming >> language, or that it contains the Python programming language, is always >> allowed. In those cases, you may use the word "Python" or the unaltered >> logos to indicate this, without our prior approval. This is true both >> for non-commercial and commercial uses. >> >> This clause overrides other clauses of this policy. >> ... >> """ >> >> and this is on purpose, since Python is BSD software which >> anyone can use, modify, fork, etc. >> >> > So, otherwise everyone who forks for any reason is in violation of the > trademark policy? > > >> The fork also contains a list of differences compared to >> Python 2.7 as shipped by the PSF, so the license is fulfilled >> as well: >> >> https://github.com/naftaliharris/python2.8 > > > This could be easier (and linked-to): > https://github.com/naftaliharris/python2.8/compare/master...python/ > cpython:2.7 > > https://github.com/python/cpython/compare/2.7... > naftaliharris/python2.8:master > > git rebase -i? > > >> All that said, I still believe we should contact the author >> and ask for a name change to make it clear to our users that >> the PSF is not endorsing this fork, nor does it provide >> support for it: > > > From README.md: "Python 2.8 is licensed under the Python Software License, > (see the LICENSE file for details). This is not an official Python release; > see PEP 404 <https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0404/>." > > https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0404/ > > >> >> https://github.com/naftaliharris >> https://www.naftaliharris.com/contact/ >> >> Regardless of the name, it'll be interesting to see whether >> there's demand for such a fork. Without a website, binaries >> to download, documentation, etc. it's still in the very early >> stages. > > > > What could've been! (Intimidating an incompatible fork would be somewhat > hypocritical at this point). > > Do you really think it appropriate to demand a name change because you > disagree with the fork's backward compatibility? > > What a useful list of new features (and potential backports), IMHO > > https://pypi.python.org/pypi/backports > > https://github.com/naftaliharris/python2.8/compare/asyncio > > >> -- >> Marc-Andre Lemburg >> eGenix.com >> >> Professional Python Services directly from the Experts (#1, Dec 10 2016) >> >>> Python Projects, Coaching and Consulting ... http://www.egenix.com/ >> >>> Python Database Interfaces ... http://products.egenix.com/ >> >>> Plone/Zope Database Interfaces ... http://zope.egenix.com/ >> ________________________________________________________________________ >> >> ::: We implement business ideas - efficiently in both time and costs ::: >> >> eGenix.com Software, Skills and Services GmbH Pastor-Loeh-Str.48 >> D-40764 Langenfeld, Germany. CEO Dipl.-Math. Marc-Andre Lemburg >> Registered at Amtsgericht Duesseldorf: HRB 46611 >> http://www.egenix.com/company/contact/ >> http://www.malemburg.com/ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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/wes. >> turner%40gmail.com >> >
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