<s>
mod_python	O
is	O
an	O
Apache	B-Application
HTTP	I-Application
Server	I-Application
module	O
that	O
integrates	O
the	O
Python	B-Language
programming	I-Language
language	I-Language
with	O
the	O
server	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
intended	O
to	O
provide	O
a	O
Python	B-Language
language	I-Language
binding	O
for	O
the	O
Apache	B-Application
HTTP	I-Application
Server	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
mod_python	O
released	O
it	O
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
more	O
efficient	O
options	O
for	O
Python	B-Language
scripts	I-Language
compared	O
to	O
CGI	B-Language
as	O
CGI	B-Language
requests	O
require	O
starting	O
a	O
new	O
Python	B-Language
process	O
to	O
respond	O
to	O
each	O
individual	O
web	O
request	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
initial	O
implementation	O
of	O
mod_python	O
was	O
a	O
port	O
to	O
Apache	B-Application
HTTP	I-Application
server	I-Application
of	O
a	O
project	O
called	O
NSAPy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NSAPy	O
was	O
written	O
by	O
Aaron	O
Watters	O
for	O
the	O
Netscape	O
Enterprise	O
Server	O
and	O
was	O
used	O
as	O
an	O
example	O
in	O
a	O
chapter	O
of	O
the	O
book	O
Internet	O
Programming	O
with	O
Python	B-Language
written	O
by	O
Aaron	O
Watters	O
,	O
Guido	O
van	O
Rossum	O
,	O
and	O
James	O
Ahlstrom	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2002	O
,	O
mod_python	O
was	O
donated	O
to	O
the	O
Apache	B-Application
Software	O
Foundation	O
and	O
became	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Apache	B-Application
HTTP	I-Application
Server	I-Application
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
Python	B-Language
's	O
Web	B-Language
Server	I-Language
Gateway	I-Language
Interface	I-Language
from	O
PEP	O
3333	O
in	O
December	O
2003	O
,	O
interest	O
in	O
mod_python	O
has	O
largely	O
moved	O
to	O
WSGI-compliant	O
alternatives	O
such	O
as	O
mod_wsgi	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Development	O
on	O
the	O
project	O
eventually	O
ceased	O
due	O
to	O
inactivity	O
of	O
the	O
primary	O
contributors	O
and	O
in	O
The	O
Apache	B-Application
Software	O
Foundation	O
June	O
16	O
,	O
2010	O
Board	O
meeting	O
,	O
the	O
Board	O
unanimously	O
passed	O
a	O
resolution	O
terminating	O
Apache	B-Application
Quetzalcoatl	O
Project	O
(	O
umbrella	O
project	O
for	O
mod_python	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2013	O
,	O
development	O
of	O
mod_python	O
briefly	O
resumed	O
independent	O
of	O
the	O
Apache	B-Application
Software	O
Foundation	O
however	O
it	O
has	O
been	O
largely	O
inactive	O
since	O
and	O
no	O
new	O
releases	O
were	O
created	O
.	O
</s>
