Yes, it's been hard keeping that particular secret. :^) We'll have more to say on this -- like an official press release -- over the coming week. --Paul Ross Lazarus wrote: > > Now here's something readers of this list might be interested in ... > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: PythonLabs Team Moves to Digital Creations > Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2000 20:42:42 -0500 > From: Guido van Rossum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Python mailing list),[EMAIL PROTECTED], >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Newsgroups: comp.lang.python > > To all Python users and developers: > > Less than half a year ago, I moved with my team to BeOpen.com, in the > hope of finding a new permanent home for Python development. At > BeOpen, we've done several good things for Python, such as moving the > Python and Jython development process to SourceForge, and the > successful release of Python 2.0. > > Unfortunately, BeOpen.com's original plans for PythonLabs didn't work > out as hoped, and we weren't able to reach mutual agreement on > workable alternative plans -- despite trying for months. > > I am proud to have found a new home for my entire team: starting > today, Tim Peters, Barry Warsaw, Jeremy Hylton, Fred Drake and myself > are working for Digital Creations. We will be spending part of our > time on core Python development (including Jython and Mailman) and > part of our time on Python infrastructure improvements that also > benefit Zope. > > Python will remain Open Source; Digital Creations has no desire to > monetize or brand the Python language or specific Python > distributions. All future work we do on Python as Digital Creations > employees will be owned by a non-profit organization yet to be > created. We think of this new organization as the Python Software > Foundation. In the meantime (while the PSF is under construction) I > will own such copyrights personally. > > We're excited to be working for Digital Creations: they are one of the > oldest companies active in the Python community, one of the companies > most committed to Python, and they have a great product! Plus, we > know they have deep financial backing. We trust that Digital > Creations will provide a stable home for Python for many years. > > Digital Creations has also offered to take over hosting of the > python.org and starship sites. On behalf of the Python community, > we're grateful for this support of the two prime community sites for > Python, and we expect to be implementing the transitions shortly. > > These are exciting times for the PythonLabs team -- and also for > Python and its community. Mainstream successes for Python are showing > up everywhere, and we're proud to be a part of such a smart and > friendly community. A great year lies ahead! > > --Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/) > > _______________________________________________ > Zope maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope > ** No cross posts or HTML encoding! ** > (Related lists - > http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-announce > http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev ) _______________________________________________ Zope maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope ** No cross posts or HTML encoding! ** (Related lists - http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-announce http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev )