That is an absurd mischaracterization of the conversation. Guido’s response to the “py28” name was only, “Doesn’t work for me, sorry.” The “lawyers” response wa

That is an absurd mischaracterization of the conversation. Guido’s response to the “py28” name was only, “Doesn’t work for me, sorry.” The “lawyers” response was specifically a response to an aggressive, insulting post from another poster. That other poster said that Guido should be disregarded, suggested names that would clearly get lawyers involved if chosen, accused Guido of sabotaging Python 2, and characterized Guido’s naming objections as silly. To Guido’s (virtual) face, no less! He was described by the original poster in that thread as hostile, antagonizing, and rude. Any reasonable reading of that single sentence post from Guido is of his giving up – throwing up his hands and saying the equivalent of “Well, whatever, then.” --- gvanrossum: Isn't the whole point that we're trying to solve this without lawyers? [redacted]: The whole point is that you've been sabotaging Python 2 for years and when someone does what needed to be done from the start, you come up with silly objections. gvanrossum: OK, bring in the lawyers. --- Just don’t appropriate a name what’s not yours, and you can maintain all the Python 2.x you want. Pathfinder[1] couldn’t call itself D&D 3.6 – Tauthon or anyone else can’t make things called Python. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pathfinder_Roleplaying_Game https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pathfinder_Roleplaying_Game