Re: the Python Foundation

On 2010-03-24 16:22, Paul Rubin wrote:
"Steve Holden, Chairman, PSF" <chairman@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
We have also registered the trademark "Python" for use in reference to
computer programming languages, thereby ensuring that we can take action
should some ill-advised individual or organization decide to produce
another language with "Python" in its name

There has been a Lisp compiler called "Python" for many years:

http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=141471.141558

The FAQ disclaims any connection and claims that Python the Lisp
compiler has been around longer than Python the language...

http://www.cons.org/cmucl/FAQ.html

I was awfully confused the first time I came across SBCL giving me warnings
about Python, though -- proves how well the PSF has safeguarded the name!

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