September 1, 2009
Karen and Bradley interview Steve Holden of the Python Software Foundation .
Running time: 00:36:03.
Show Notes
Segment 0 (00:29)
Segment 1 (06:28)
Steve has been using Python since version 1.5, which was released
in 1998. (08:15)
Steve was previously the chairman of Sun UK User Group, and was
also involved with DECUS . (10:40)
PSF funds various smaller conferences around the world. (12:30)
PSF's Board is all volunteer. (13:22)
The book that Karen and Steve kept referencing is Fiscal Sponsorship: 6
Ways to Do It Right by Gregory L.Colvin . (17:10)
Steve discussed that the Python License is a
permissive Free Software license. (19:20)
Steve discussed Python
contributor agreement . (21:43)
Python is
trademarked by the Python Software Foundation in the
USA. (22:39)
Bradley and Steve discussed the scope of trademarks. No worries
about pet stores, they can still sell pythons even though Python is
trademarked. (25:30)
Bradley and Steve also mentioned Twisted which is written in
Python and is a member of the Software Freedom
Conservancy . (26:00)
Video is available from
PyCon . (27:20)
Steve mentioned the Parrot
Project , which is run by Allison
Randal . (31:09)
Segment 2 (32:38)