> The Python Software Foundation is the organisation which protects and manages > the "boring" bits of keeping a big open source project alive: the > legal and contractual parts, funding for projects, trademarks and copyrights. > > If you are based in Europe, or know somebody who uses Python in Europe, the > PSF > needs your help. > > There is a company in the UK who has applied to trademark the name > "Python" and are claiming the *exclusive* right to use the word > "Python" for software, servers, and web services over the entire > European Union. > > You can read more about this here: > > http://pyfound.blogspot.com/2013/02/python-trademark-at-risk-in-europe-we.html > > If you have documentation of European user groups, trade associations, books, > conferences, scans of job advertisements for Python programmers, software > that > uses some variation of "Python" in the name, etc. your evidence will > be helpful in defeating this attempted grab of the Python name. > > You can also testify to the fact that when you read or hear of the name > "Python" in relation to computers and the Internet, you think of > Python the programming language.
Thanks for posting this. $@#@, first the attack on PyPi, now this! Would also be good to disseminate this message through Facebook, LinkedIn etc. I'll try and get a letter from my company. This sucks. Albert-Jan _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
