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Re:Pip has dropped support for Python 2 by tinus_hn on Sunday January 24, 2021 @04:24AM (#25890598)
Really nice of them to spend their time supporting your case for free though.

It’s open source, you can fund some program to keep supporting python 2.

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Re:Pip has dropped support for Python 2 by a1369209993 on Sunday January 24, 2021 @03:07PM (#25895365)
> It’s open source, you can fund some program to keep supporting python 2.

No, actually, you can't - last time I checked, they were specifically threatening[0][1][others] to sue anyone who tried to continue developing Python for trademark infringement (despite that they are ones falsely using the trademark for something other what it got it's reputation from).

0: https://lwn.net/Articles/711092/

1: https://github.com/naftaliharris/placeholder/issues/47

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Re:Pip has dropped support for Python 2 by tinus_hn on Sunday January 24, 2021 @06:41PM (#25897386)
So they chose their own name and released under that.

Here’s the Open Source Definition:

https://opensource.org/osd

> The license may require derived works to carry a different name or version number from the original software.

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