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From: Willie WY Wong <wongwwy@××××××××××.org>
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.
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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.
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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.
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13 Cheers,
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15 W