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Re:Python Release 2.7.12 by otabdeveloper on Saturday November 26, 2016 @10:12AM (#13043888)
Yes, but it will be forked and maintained by other people anyways.

Python 2 is forever, best get used to it.

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Re:Python Release 2.7.12 by mrfusion on Saturday November 26, 2016 @10:22AM (#13043951)
I guess they wouldn't be allowed to call it "Python"?
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Re:Python Release 2.7.12 by mrfusion on Saturday November 26, 2016 @10:52AM (#13044172)
Seems weird to downvote. Python is a trademark of the Python foundation and if you de-eol something they want to eol I don't think they'd let you use the name.
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