[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Cameron Laird wrote: > >>In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> . >> . >> . >> >>>Well, this may be the CPython way of open source but I don't know if >>>that is "Open source" in general. Another way is that if someone(or >>>group) don't like the current state of a project, they fork. I don't >>>know if that is possible in the context of python, and programming >>>language in general. Can it still be called python ? >> >> . >> . >> . >>While I don't understand the question, it might be pertinent to >>observe that, among open-source development projects, Python is >>unusual for the *large* number of "forks" or alternative imple- >>mentations it has supported through the years <URL: >>http://phaseit.net/claird/comp.lang.python/python_varieties.html >. > > The question is, can anyone just fork a new one using the python name, > as part of the project, without the permission from the foundation ? > Say for example, anyone want to implement java needs permission from > Sun(or is it javasoft), if I rememeber correctly. Therefore, the only > way to make change to java the language is to convince Sun, very > similar to the model of Python. But many open source project is not > using this model. > Well the name "Python" is a trade mark of the Python Software Foundation. So if you invent another language and start calling it "Python" just to get an audience you should expect to receive a cease-and-desist letter.
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