A. HISTORY OF THE SOFTWARE

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Python was created in the early 1990s by Guido van Rossum at Stichting

Mathematisch Centrum (CWI, see http://www.cwi.nl) in the Netherlands

as a successor of a language called ABC.  Guido remains Python's

principal author, although it includes many contributions from others.

In 1995, Guido continued his work on Python at the Corporation for

National Research Initiatives (CNRI, see http://www.cnri.reston.va.us)

in Reston, Virginia where he released several versions of the

software.

In May 2000, Guido and the Python core development team moved to

BeOpen.com to form the BeOpen PythonLabs team.  In October of the same

year, the PythonLabs team moved to Digital Creations (now Zope

Corporation, see http://www.zope.com).  In 2001, the Python Software

Foundation (PSF, see http://www.python.org/psf/) was formed, a

non-profit organization created specifically to own Python-related

Intellectual Property.  Zope Corporation is a sponsoring member of

the PSF.

All Python releases are Open Source (see http://www.opensource.org for

the Open Source Definition).  Historically, most, but not all, Python

releases have also been GPL-compatible; the table below summarizes

the various releases.

    Release         Derived     Year        Owner       GPL-

                    from                                compatible? (1)

    0.9.0 thru 1.2              1991-1995   CWI         yes

    1.3 thru 1.5.2  1.2         1995-1999   CNRI        yes

    1.6             1.5.2       2000        CNRI        no

    2.0             1.6         2000        BeOpen.com  no

    1.6.1           1.6         2001        CNRI        yes (2)

    2.1             2.0+1.6.1   2001        PSF         no

    2.0.1           2.0+1.6.1   2001        PSF         yes

    2.1.1           2.1+2.0.1   2001        PSF         yes

    2.2             2.1.1       2001        PSF         yes

    2.1.2           2.1.1       2002        PSF         yes

    2.1.3           2.1.2       2002        PSF         yes

    2.2.1           2.2         2002        PSF         yes

    2.2.2           2.2.1       2002        PSF         yes

    2.2.3           2.2.2       2003        PSF         yes

    2.3             2.2.2       2002-2003   PSF         yes

    2.3.1           2.3         2002-2003   PSF         yes

    2.3.2           2.3.1       2002-2003   PSF         yes

    2.3.3           2.3.2       2002-2003   PSF         yes

    2.3.4           2.3.3       2004        PSF         yes

    2.3.5           2.3.4       2005        PSF         yes

    2.4             2.3         2004        PSF         yes

    2.4.1           2.4         2005        PSF         yes

    2.4.2           2.4.1       2005        PSF         yes

    2.4.3           2.4.2       2006        PSF         yes

    2.4.4           2.4.3       2006        PSF         yes

    2.5             2.4         2006        PSF         yes

    2.5.1           2.5         2007        PSF         yes

    2.6             2.5         2008        PSF         yes

Footnotes:

(1) GPL-compatible doesn't mean that we're distributing Python under

    the GPL.  All Python licenses, unlike the GPL, let you distribute

    a modified version without making your changes open source.  The

    GPL-compatible licenses make it possible to combine Python with

    other software that is released under the GPL; the others don't.

(2) According to Richard Stallman, 1.6.1 is not GPL-compatible,

    because its license has a choice of law clause.  According to

    CNRI, however, Stallman's lawyer has told CNRI's lawyer that 1.6.1

    is "not incompatible" with the GPL.

Thanks to the many outside volunteers who have worked under Guido's

direction to make these releases possible.

B. TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR ACCESSING OR OTHERWISE USING PYTHON

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PYTHON SOFTWARE FOUNDATION LICENSE VERSION 2

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3. In the event Licensee prepares a derivative work that is based on

or incorporates Python 1.6.1 or any part thereof, and wants to make

the derivative work available to others as provided herein, then

Licensee hereby agrees to include in any such work a brief summary of

the changes made to Python 1.6.1.

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Copyright (c) 1991 - 1995, Stichting Mathematisch Centrum Amsterdam,

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