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> It’s open source, you can fund some program to keep supporting python 2. No, actually, you can't - last time I checked, they were specifically threatening[0]
by a1369209993 6y ago
> It’s open source, you can fund some program to keep supporting python 2.
No, actually, you can't - last time I checked, they were specifically threatening[0][1][others] to sue anyone who tried to continue developing Python for trademark infringement (despite that they are ones falsely using the trademark for something other what it got it's reputation from).
0: https://lwn.net/Articles/711092/ https://lwn.net/Articles/711092/
1: https://github.com/naftaliharris/placeholder/issues/47 https://github.com/naftaliharris/placeholder/issues/47
- tinus_hn 6y agoSo they chose their own name and released under that. Here’s the Open Source Definition: https://opensource.org/osd https://opensource.org/osd > The license may require derived works to carry a different name or version number from the original software.