PSA as a vehicle for industrial collaboration and standardization

PSA as a mechanism for intellectual property rights management

Follow the Laser and Electro-Optics Manf. Assoc, (LEOMA) model

• Members must sign agreements on binding arbitration.
• Shifts dispute resolution form confrontational to resolution focused.
• Dispute resolution - time and cost greatly reduced.

Build usage protection and royalty collection into download protocol

PSA as a quality control monitor

Consumers to use the PSA stamp to guide purchasing

PSA could help build a new market

Help small geographically distributed independent supplier compete

Facilitates productivity and commerce by standardizing the licensing and pricing of software

Investigate setting up an agreement with Publisher

• Contract out as the PSA publishing house.
• Define a series of books to be written.
• Locate authors.
• The books get the PSA stamp.
• Author, PSA, and publisher share revenue.

How should the PSA do promotion and marketing?

Promote Python, like Java, in a press campaign. What's the message?

The PSA Python CD-ROM?

Should the workshop fork or thread?

• Workshop on Developing the Python Framework
  • targeted at core language gurus and extension writers, and support tool developers
• Workshop on Using Python
  • targeted at end users who want to know how to make efficient use of Python.