On Saturday, December 10, 2016, M.-A. Lemburg <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 <javascript:;> > 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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