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HISTORY OF THE SOFTWARE
=======================
A. HISTORY OF THE SOFTWARE
==========================
Python was created in the early 1990s by Guido van Rossum at Stichting
Mathematisch Centrum (CWI) in the Netherlands as a successor of a
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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 development 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.
BeOpen PythonLabs team. Python 2.0 was the first and only release
from BeOpen.com.
Following the release of Python 1.6, and after Guido van Rossum left
CNRI to work with commercial software developers, it became clear that
the ability to use Python with software available under the GNU Public
License (GPL) was very desirable. CNRI and the Free Software
Foundation (FSF)interacted to develop enabling wording changes to the
Python license. Python 1.6.1 is essentially the same as Python 1.6,
with a few minor bug fixes, and with a GPL compatible open source
license. Python 2.1 is a derivative work of Python 1.6.1, as well as
of Python 2.0.
After Python 2.0 was released by BeOpen.com, Guido van Rossum and the
other PythonLabs developers joined Digital Creations. The intention
is for all intellectual property added from this point on to be owned
by the Python Software Foundation (PSF), a non-profit that will be
created modeled after the Apache Software Foundation. We will also
attempt to get the ownership in previous versions transferred to the
PSF, and straighten out the license to remove the GPL-incompatibility
introduced by CNRI's Python 1.6 license. In the interim, Guido van
Rossum will own all new intellectual property, and no new license is
added.
other PythonLabs developers joined Digital Creations. All
intellectual property added from this point on, starting with Python
2.1 and its alpha and beta releases, is owned by the Python Software
Foundation (PSF), a non-profit modeled after the Apache Software
Foundation. See http://www.python.org/psf/ for more information about
the PSF.
Thanks to the many outside volunteers who have worked under Guido's
direction to make these releases possible.
BEOPEN.COM TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR PYTHON 2.0
==============================================
B. TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR ACCESSING OR OTHERWISE USING Python 1.6.1
=====================================================================
B.1. BEOPEN.COM TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR PYTHON 2.0
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BEOPEN PYTHON OPEN SOURCE LICENSE AGREEMENT VERSION 1
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1. This LICENSE AGREEMENT is between BeOpen.com ("BeOpen"), having an
office at 160 Saratoga Avenue, Santa Clara, CA 95051, and the
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Agreement.
CNRI OPEN SOURCE LICENSE AGREEMENT
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Python 1.6 CNRI OPEN SOURCE LICENSE AGREEMENT
IMPORTANT: PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING AGREEMENT CAREFULLY. BY CLICKING
ON "ACCEPT" WHERE INDICATED BELOW, OR BY COPYING, INSTALLING OR
OTHERWISE USING PYTHON 1.6 SOFTWARE, YOU ARE DEEMED TO HAVE AGREED TO
THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS LICENSE AGREEMENT.
B.2. CNRI OPEN SOURCE GPL-COMPATIBLE LICENSE AGREEMENT
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CWI PERMISSIONS STATEMENT AND DISCLAIMER
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B.3. CWI PERMISSIONS STATEMENT AND DISCLAIMER
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Copyright (c) 1991 - 1995, Stichting Mathematisch Centrum Amsterdam,
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