Carl Banks wrote: > On Jan 28, 8:10 am, a...@pythoncraft.com (Aahz) wrote: >> In article <zt68n.3893$pv.1...@news-server.bigpond.net.au>, >> Neil Hodgson <nyamatongwe+thun...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Carl Banks: >>>> There is also no hope someone will fork Python 2.x and continue it in >>>> perpetuity. Well, someone might try to fork it, but they won't be >>>> able to call it Python. >>> Over time there may be more desire from those unable or unwilling to >>> upgrade to 3.x to work on improvements to 2.x, perhaps leading to a >>> version 2.8. One of the benefits of open source is that you are not >>> trapped into following vendor decisions like Microsoft abandoning >>> classic VB in favour of VB.NET. >>> It would be unreasonable for the core developers to try to block >>> this. Refusing use of the Python trademark for a version that was >>> reasonably compatible in both directions would be particularly petty. >> Agreed, and as a PSF member, I'd certainly be opposed to anyone trying to >> prevent the release of Python 2.8, and I would actively favor providing >> PSF and python.org resources to them. OTOH, I would also be likely to >> push anyone working on Python 2.8 to come up with a solid release plan >> first. > > Well, I'd consider that an official release. Note that I didn't claim > there was no hope PSF wouldn't change it's mind on 2.8. All I saying > is that if PSF decides to shut down 2.x there's no hope of a rogue > Python 2.x series replacing Python 3.x. > > Regardless of how magnaminous the people of PSF are, the unfortunate > reality is that trademark owners are forced by the law to be > "particularly petty". PSF's IP lawyer will advise not to allow > unsanctioned fork of Python 2.7 to call itself Python 2.8. > But if it were sanctioned ... ? We *are* pretty magnanimous ;-)
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