[Conferences] Trademark policy for "PyCon" conferences

Jesse Noller jnoller at gmail.com
Mon Jun 2 23:42:18 CEST 2014 

Anyone asking for PSF funding

> On Jun 2, 2014, at 4:40 PM, Katie Cunningham <katie.fulton at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Does that apply to SciPy as well, or just organizations using "PyCon"?
> I'm disappointed if it's just the latter, as I had assumed that any
> Python conference would be safe to attend.
> 
>> On Mon, Jun 2, 2014 at 5:37 PM, Jesse Noller <jnoller at gmail.com> wrote:
>> That is correct; previously it was only tied to funding. It is now trademark policy.
>> 
>>> On Jun 2, 2014, at 4:14 PM, Katie Cunningham <katie.fulton at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Wait, I thought that any "official" Python conference had to have a
>>> Code of Conduct in place? Perhaps it was tied to getting PSF funds?
>>> 
>>> As for it not being "popular" in the EU, both DjangoCon EU and PyCon
>>> EU have had CoCs in place for at least the past two years.
>>> 
>>> On Mon, Jun 2, 2014 at 4:43 PM, Nelle Varoquaux
>>> <nelle.varoquaux at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Hello,
>>>> I understand the necessity of protecting the name "Pycon" and "python", but
>>>> being involved in several organization committees of conferences on python
>>>> or scientific python, I'll just comment on the following:
>>>> 
>>>> "It is the policy of the Python Software Foundation to allow the use
>>>> of "PyCon" for conferences that focus on Python the programming
>>>> language, have adopted a code of conduct compatible with that of the
>>>> PSF, and allow anyone to attend the conference subject to a
>>>> reasonable conference fee."
>>>> 
>>>> There are cultures and countries where the concept of a code of conduct is
>>>> not at all welcomed. We discussed about this for EuroScipy (happening in the
>>>> UK this year, but with organizers from all around Europe: France, Belgium,
>>>> Italy, Germany, etc), and we decided not to have one. I think this is the
>>>> type of statement that are "normal" in north america, but less so in many
>>>> European countries, one of the reason being that what is stated in the code
>>>> of conduct is just considered normal behavior.
>>>> 
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> N
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> On 2 June 2014 19:34, M.-A. Lemburg <mal at python.org> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Dear conference organizers,
>>>>> 
>>>>> the PSF board has recently discussed and voted on a new trademark
>>>>> policy for the term "PyCon". Our main intent is to protect the
>>>>> name from unwanted third party use for the benefit of the Python
>>>>> community. We simply don't want to run into another python.co.uk
>>>>> trademark situation:
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> http://pyfound.blogspot.de/2013/02/python-trademark-at-risk-in-europe-we.html
>>>>> 
>>>>> We have not yet put this up on the website, but since the question
>>>>> has come up, I'd like to share it with you via email as upfront info:
>>>>> 
>>>>> """
>>>>> 
>>>>> "PyCon" Trademark Policy
>>>>> ------------------------
>>>>> 
>>>>> In order to protect the term "PyCon" against unwanted or misleading
>>>>> use by third parties, the PSF claims the term “PyCon” as a trademark
>>>>> worldwide for conference activities. The PSF is additionally pursuing
>>>>> registration of the mark in various jurisdictions.
>>>>> 
>>>>> It is the policy of the Python Software Foundation to allow the use
>>>>> of "PyCon" for conferences that focus on Python the programming
>>>>> language, have adopted a code of conduct compatible with that of the
>>>>> PSF, and allow anyone to attend the conference subject to a
>>>>> reasonable conference fee. Use of the trademark is subject to
>>>>> approval by the PSF trademarks committee (write to
>>>>> psf-trademarks at python.org).
>>>>> 
>>>>> The PSF may update this policy from time to time. Updates will be
>>>>> published and announced by the PSF.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> PyCon Conferences Around the World
>>>>> -----------------------------------
>>>>> 
>>>>> PyCon conferences are community-led and community-focused gatherings
>>>>> of Python programmers around the world. Want to start a PyCon in your
>>>>> own country? Contact us! We want to help.
>>>>> 
>>>>> The following are authorized PyCon community conferences:
>>>>> 
>>>>>   "Kiwi PyCon", "PyCon NZ" in New Zealand
>>>>>   "PyCon Asia Pacific", "PyCon APAC" in Asia
>>>>>   "PyCon AR", "PyCon Argentina" in Argentina
>>>>>   "PyCon AU", "PyCon Australia"  in Australia
>>>>>   "PyCon CA", "PyCon Canada" in Canada
>>>>>   "PyCon CH", "PyCon China" in China
>>>>>   "PyCon DE" in Germany
>>>>>   "PyCon ES", "PyCon España", "PyCon Spain" in Spain
>>>>>   "PyCon FI", "PyCon Finland" in Finland
>>>>>   "PyCon FR", "PyCon France" in France
>>>>>   "PyCon IN", "PyCon India" in India
>>>>>   "PyCon IR", "PyCon Iran" in Iran
>>>>>   "PyCon IE", "PyCon Ireland" in Ireland
>>>>>   "PyCon IT", "PyCon Italia" in Italy
>>>>>   "PyCon JP", "PyCon Japan" in Japan
>>>>>   "PyCon MY", "PyCon Malaysia" in Malaysia
>>>>>   "PyCon PH", "PyCon Philippines" in the Philippines
>>>>>   "PyCon PL", "PyCon Poland" in Poland
>>>>>   "PyCon RU", "PyCon Russia" in Russia
>>>>>   "PyCon SG", "PyCon Singapore" in Singapore
>>>>>   "PyCon SE", "PyCon Sweden" in Sweden
>>>>>   "PyCon TW", "PyCon Taiwan" in Taiwan
>>>>>   "PyCon UK" in the United Kingdom
>>>>>   "UA PyCon", "PyCon Ukraine", "PyCon UA" in Ukraine
>>>>>   “PyCon US” in the United States
>>>>>   "PyCon UY", "PyCon Uruguay" in Uruguay
>>>>>   "PyCon VE", "PyCon Venezuela" in Venezuela
>>>>>   "PyCon ZA", "PyCon South Africa" in South Africa
>>>>> 
>>>>> If we have forgotten a national or regional PyCon conference
>>>>> in this list or have used the wrong naming, please write to
>>>>> the PSF trademark committee for approval.
>>>>> 
>>>>> It is also possible to use a pycon.org sub-domain as home
>>>>> for the conference. Please write to webmaster at pycon.org to
>>>>> request a sub-domain.
>>>>> 
>>>>> """
>>>>> 
>>>>> As you can see, we have tried to grandfather all existing
>>>>> PyCon conferences that we could find and are aware of into
>>>>> the resolution.
>>>>> 
>>>>> If you have questions, please let me know.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>> --
>>>>> Marc-Andre Lemburg
>>>>> Director
>>>>> Python Software Foundation
>>>>> http://www.python.org/psf/
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