1 A. HISTORY OF THE SOFTWARE 2 ========================== 3 4 Python was created in the early 1990s by Guido van Rossum at Stichting 5 Mathematisch Centrum (CWI, see http://www.cwi.nl) in the Netherlands 6 as a successor of a language called ABC. Guido remains Python's 7 principal author, although it includes many contributions from others. 8 9 In 1995, Guido continued his work on Python at the Corporation for 10 National Research Initiatives (CNRI, see http://www.cnri.reston.va.us) 11 in Reston, Virginia where he released several versions of the 12 software. 13 14 In May 2000, Guido and the Python core development team moved to 15 BeOpen.com to form the BeOpen PythonLabs team. In October of the same 16 year, the PythonLabs team moved to Digital Creations (now Zope 17 Corporation, see http://www.zope.com). In 2001, the Python Software 18 Foundation (PSF, see http://www.python.org/psf/) was formed, a 19 non-profit organization created specifically to own Python-related 20 Intellectual Property. Zope Corporation is a sponsoring member of 21 the PSF. 22 23 All Python releases are Open Source (see http://www.opensource.org for 24 the Open Source Definition). Historically, most, but not all, Python 25 releases have also been GPL-compatible; the table below summarizes 26 the various releases. 27 28 Release Derived Year Owner GPL- 29 from compatible? (1) 30 31 0.9.0 thru 1.2 1991-1995 CWI yes 32 1.3 thru 1.5.2 1.2 1995-1999 CNRI yes 33 1.6 1.5.2 2000 CNRI no 34 2.0 1.6 2000 BeOpen.com no 35 1.6.1 1.6 2001 CNRI yes (2) 36 2.1 2.0+1.6.1 2001 PSF no 37 2.0.1 2.0+1.6.1 2001 PSF yes 38 2.1.1 2.1+2.0.1 2001 PSF yes 39 2.1.2 2.1.1 2002 PSF yes 40 2.1.3 2.1.2 2002 PSF yes 41 2.2 and above 2.1.1 2001-now PSF yes 42 43 Footnotes: 44 45 (1) GPL-compatible doesn't mean that we're distributing Python under 46 the GPL. All Python licenses, unlike the GPL, let you distribute 47 a modified version without making your changes open source. The 48 GPL-compatible licenses make it possible to combine Python with 49 other software that is released under the GPL; the others don't. 50 51 (2) According to Richard Stallman, 1.6.1 is not GPL-compatible, 52 because its license has a choice of law clause. According to 53 CNRI, however, Stallman's lawyer has told CNRI's lawyer that 1.6.1 54 is "not incompatible" with the GPL. 55 56 Thanks to the many outside volunteers who have worked under Guido's 57 direction to make these releases possible. 58 59 60 B. TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR ACCESSING OR OTHERWISE USING PYTHON 61 =============================================================== 62 63 PYTHON SOFTWARE FOUNDATION LICENSE VERSION 2 64 -------------------------------------------- 65 66 1. This LICENSE AGREEMENT is between the Python Software Foundation 67 ("PSF"), and the Individual or Organization ("Licensee") accessing and 68 otherwise using this software ("Python") in source or binary form and 69 its associated documentation. 70 71 2. 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