To: python-list@python.org (Python mailing list),
Subject: Python 1.6, the final release, is out!
From: Guido van Rossum <guido@beopen.com>
Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2000 13:49:38 -0500
Newsgroups: comp.lang.python

OK folks, believe it or not, Python 1.6 is released.

Please go here to pick it up:

    http://www.python.org/1.6/

There's a tarball and a Windows installer, and a long list of new
features.

CNRI has placed an open source license on this version.  CNRI believes
that this version is compatible with the GPL, but there is a
technicality concerning the choice of law provision, which Richard
Stallman believes may make it incompatible.  CNRI is still trying to
work this out with Stallman.  Future versions of Python will be
released by BeOpen PythonLabs under a GPL-compatible license if at all
possible.

There's Only One Way To Do It.

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.pythonlabs.com/~guido/)