[Conferences] Trademark policy for "PyCon" conferences

Ovnicraft ovnicraft at gmail.com
Mon Jun 2 23:47:02 CEST 2014 

On Mon, Jun 2, 2014 at 4:42 PM, Jesse Noller <jnoller at gmail.com> wrote:

> Anyone asking for PSF funding
>

Here (not yet) funding required from PSF but make it official we can get
more partners funding if PSF helps to publish in site and event looks
official :-)

Regards,


> > 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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