PyCon 2008: Django (Pre-) Announces Nonprofit Organization
Adrian Holovaty began "The State of Django" presentation by saying that at the conclusion there would be an announcement about Django. Jacob Kaplan-Moss informed the crowd that they were in the process of forming a Django non-profit organization. This will be a great step forward for the project in many ways.
There were not a lot of concrete details since they are early in the process of getting this setup, but they wanted to let the conference attendees in on the great news. The most obvious benefits are that there will now be a single legal entity to shepherd the source code. They will be able to accept donations in order to help the project grow. The existence of a legal entity will provide a single point for individuals, communities, and enterprises to go to get support. Such an organization will also provide a central point for reaching out into the broader community and fostering mutually beneficial relationships.
This is great news for fans of Django and for the larger Python community as well!
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Jökull
I wonder how they plan to use the donations. This is probably great news. The community has tremendous trust in these guys.
Erik
Your "The State of Django" link has localhost as the host name.
Brian Luft
Whoops - thank you Erik!
I definitely need to set up a better CMS for myself...