From: | Willie WY Wong <wongwwy@××××××××××.org> |
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To: | gentoo-user@l.g.o |
Subject: | [gentoo-user] [Slightly, but not entirely, OT] Help Python! |
Date: | Fri, 15 Feb 2013 13:10:06 |
Message-Id: | 20130215130952.GA18981@mathaapc14.epfl.ch |
1 | I don't know whether this has percolated to Gentoo users yet. |
2 | |
3 | http://pyfound.blogspot.ch/2013/02/python-trademark-at-risk-in-europe-we.html |
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5 | A company in the UK is trying to trademark the use of "Python" for |
6 | IT related products. The Python Software Foundation is seeking |
7 | evidence for consistent prior use of the term Python in the software |
8 | and related goods context to defeat the trademark application. |
9 | |
10 | Considering that portage is largely python under the hood, I think it |
11 | would not be wrong to say that Gentoo has a bit of a stake in this. |
12 | |
13 | Cheers, |
14 | |
15 | W |