Folks, It seems that people have been sending threats and abuse to the company claiming a trademark on the name "Python". And somebody, somewhere, may have launched a DDOS attack on their website.
The Python Software Foundation has asked the community for restraint and civility during this dispute. Abuse and threats just bring the Python community into disrepute. http://pyfound.blogspot.com/2013/02/asking-for-civility-during-our.html -- Steven -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list