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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