[Pythonmac-SIG] Pythonmac-SIG Digest, Vol 34, Issue 69

[Daniel Lord]

On Feb 13, 2006, at 3:03 PM, pythonmac-sig-request at python.org wrote:

> 1. Monty Python related (to avoid the annoying offensive imagery
> arguments)

Monty Python is copyrighted work. I would advise keeping a careful  
distance from anything commercially recognizable unless you put aside  
a  significant settlement fund and lawyers fees for the settlement  
negotiation. But then you could gamble that Michael Palin et al are  
fans of open source software, want to contribute to the cause,  and  
will let you use it gratis. Frankly, the language is named after a  
snake, a pretty noble beast actually, and I am not sure how Nature  
offends in this case. I think FORTRAN, PERL, C, Java, and C# are  
banal and unimaginitive in fact. Not that i think animals are good  
language names, but then what is? But the essence of naming is  
representation and memorability. I think Python is better than many  
in those respects. I suggest the collective community has 'bigger  
fish to fry' but since your are volunteers that is a suggestion.
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