| HISTORY OF THE SOFTWARE |
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| Python was created in the early 1990s by Guido van Rossum at Stichting |
| Mathematisch Centrum (CWI) in the Netherlands as a successor of a |
| language called ABC. Guido is Python's principal author, although it |
| includes many contributions from others. The last version released |
| from CWI was Python 1.2. In 1995, Guido continued his work on Python |
| at the Corporation for National Research Initiatives (CNRI) in Reston, |
| Virginia where he released several versions of the software. Python |
| 1.6 was the last of the versions released by CNRI. In 2000, Guido and |
| the Python core developement team moved to BeOpen.com to form the |
| BeOpen PythonLabs team (www.pythonlabs.com). Python 2.0 is the first |
| release from PythonLabs. Thanks to the many outside volunteers who |
| have worked under Guido's direction to make this release possible. |
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| BEOPEN.COM TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR PYTHON 2.0 |
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| Copyright (c) 1991 - 1995, Stichting Mathematisch Centrum Amsterdam, |
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| Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its |
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