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Guido van Rossum3225c1f2001-03-22 15:41:06 +00001A. HISTORY OF THE SOFTWARE
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Guido van Rossumea70b492000-09-01 19:51:14 +00003
4Python was created in the early 1990s by Guido van Rossum at Stichting
Guido van Rossum7b4dd762001-07-17 20:14:06 +00005Mathematisch Centrum (CWI, see http://www.cwi.nl) in the Netherlands
6as a successor of a language called ABC. Guido remains Python's
7principal author, although it includes many contributions from others.
Guido van Rossum3225c1f2001-03-22 15:41:06 +00008
Guido van Rossum7b4dd762001-07-17 20:14:06 +00009In 1995, Guido continued his work on Python at the Corporation for
10National Research Initiatives (CNRI, see http://www.cnri.reston.va.us)
11in Reston, Virginia where he released several versions of the
12software.
Guido van Rossumea70b492000-09-01 19:51:14 +000013
Guido van Rossum7b4dd762001-07-17 20:14:06 +000014In May 2000, Guido and the Python core development team moved to
15BeOpen.com to form the BeOpen PythonLabs team. In October of the same
Guido van Rossum2e1c09c2002-04-04 17:52:50 +000016year, the PythonLabs team moved to Digital Creations (now Zope
17Corporation, see http://www.zope.com). In 2001, the Python Software
18Foundation (PSF, see http://www.python.org/psf/) was formed, a
19non-profit organization created specifically to own Python-related
20Intellectual Property. Zope Corporation is a sponsoring member of
21the PSF.
Guido van Rossum7b4dd762001-07-17 20:14:06 +000022
23All Python releases are Open Source (see http://www.opensource.org for
24the Open Source Definition). Historically, most, but not all, Python
25releases have also been GPL-compatible; the table below summarizes
26the various releases.
27
28 Release Derived Year Owner GPL-
Tim Peters7cb13a92004-10-23 03:48:57 +000029 from compatible? (1)
Guido van Rossum7b4dd762001-07-17 20:14:06 +000030
31 0.9.0 thru 1.2 1991-1995 CWI yes
32 1.3 thru 1.5.2 1.2 1995-1999 CNRI yes
33 1.6 1.5.2 2000 CNRI no
34 2.0 1.6 2000 BeOpen.com no
Guido van Rossum7df772b2002-04-11 20:54:35 +000035 1.6.1 1.6 2001 CNRI yes (2)
Guido van Rossum7b4dd762001-07-17 20:14:06 +000036 2.1 2.0+1.6.1 2001 PSF no
37 2.0.1 2.0+1.6.1 2001 PSF yes
38 2.1.1 2.1+2.0.1 2001 PSF yes
39 2.2 2.1.1 2001 PSF yes
Tim Petersb0f3cea2002-04-08 21:36:47 +000040 2.1.2 2.1.1 2002 PSF yes
41 2.1.3 2.1.2 2002 PSF yes
42 2.2.1 2.2 2002 PSF yes
Tim Peters638a1e22002-10-06 04:04:46 +000043 2.2.2 2.2.1 2002 PSF yes
Barry Warsaw7d7f88c2003-05-22 15:17:40 +000044 2.2.3 2.2.2 2003 PSF yes
Guido van Rossumf1226882002-12-31 01:50:07 +000045 2.3 2.2.2 2002-2003 PSF yes
Anthony Baxter9d42a102003-09-23 02:42:29 +000046 2.3.1 2.3 2002-2003 PSF yes
Anthony Baxterc2b00812003-09-30 07:07:08 +000047 2.3.2 2.3.1 2002-2003 PSF yes
Tim Peters926bc222004-05-11 18:13:10 +000048 2.3.3 2.3.2 2002-2003 PSF yes
49 2.3.4 2.3.3 2004 PSF yes
Anthony Baxter94d62012005-03-10 13:47:17 +000050 2.3.5 2.3.4 2005 PSF yes
Anthony Baxterbd377a32004-07-08 05:57:59 +000051 2.4 2.3 2004 PSF yes
Anthony Baxter94d62012005-03-10 13:47:17 +000052 2.4.1 2.4 2005 PSF yes
Georg Brandlcfc34712005-10-21 07:53:44 +000053 2.4.2 2.4.1 2005 PSF yes
Thomas Wouters49fd7fa2006-04-21 10:40:58 +000054 2.4.3 2.4.2 2006 PSF yes
55 2.5 2.4 2006 PSF yes
Guido van Rossum7b4dd762001-07-17 20:14:06 +000056
57Footnotes:
58
59(1) GPL-compatible doesn't mean that we're distributing Python under
60 the GPL. All Python licenses, unlike the GPL, let you distribute
61 a modified version without making your changes open source. The
62 GPL-compatible licenses make it possible to combine Python with
63 other software that is released under the GPL; the others don't.
Guido van Rossum3225c1f2001-03-22 15:41:06 +000064
Guido van Rossum7df772b2002-04-11 20:54:35 +000065(2) According to Richard Stallman, 1.6.1 is not GPL-compatible,
66 because its license has a choice of law clause. According to
67 CNRI, however, Stallman's lawyer has told CNRI's lawyer that 1.6.1
68 is "not incompatible" with the GPL.
69
Guido van Rossum3225c1f2001-03-22 15:41:06 +000070Thanks to the many outside volunteers who have worked under Guido's
71direction to make these releases possible.
Guido van Rossumea70b492000-09-01 19:51:14 +000072
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Guido van Rossumaa815df2001-04-10 03:37:31 +000074B. TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR ACCESSING OR OTHERWISE USING PYTHON
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Tim Petersacaffe62004-10-23 03:43:54 +000077PYTHON SOFTWARE FOUNDATION LICENSE VERSION 2
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