Python is developed under an OSI-approved open source license, making it freely usable and distributable, even for commercial use. Python's license is administered by the Python …

Most Python sources and binaries are distributed under the following copyright. A few files have a different copyright owner, but otherwise the notice is similar. The gist of it is that Python is …

Python was created in the early 1990s by Guido van Rossum at Stichting Mathematisch Centrum in the Netherlands as a successor of a language called ABC. Guido remains Python’s principal …

The mission of the Python Software Foundation is to promote, protect, and advance the Python programming language, and to support and facilitate the growth of a diverse and international …

Feb 4, 2025 · Python 3.13 is the newest major release of the Python programming language, and it contains many new features and optimizations compared to Python 3.12. 3.13.2 is the latest …

Even some Windows computers (notably those from HP) now come with Python already installed. If you do need to install Python and aren't confident about the task you can find a few notes on …

Jun 11, 2025 · An experimental free-threaded build mode, which disables the Global Interpreter Lock, allowing threads to run more concurrently. The build mode is available as an …

Python 3.13.0 is the newest major release of the Python programming language, and it contains many new features and optimizations compared to Python 3.12. (Compared to the last release …

3 days ago · The free-threaded version is registered as a regular Python install with the tag 3.13t (with a -32 or -arm64 suffix as normal for those platforms). This allows tools to discover it, and …

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