A few weeks ago, we open sourced Flanker, our MIME parsing and email validation library.  We’ve been very happy about the release and the level of interest the Python community  has shown.  This tweet was typical of what we’ve heard since the release:

Me 15min ago: "I wish @Mail_Gun released their email verifier and it was in python" Me right now: "OMG THEY DID!!" https://t.co/hnZbKWeZU2

— Nick Catalano (@NickCatal) November 27, 2013

Open sourcing software may seem easy, but it’s more complex than just throwing your software on Github and calling