[Plone-announce] Plone Foundation Created

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The Plone Community announces the formation of the Plone Foundation, a =20
not-for-profit organization that will benefit the Plone community and =20
Plone product.

After months of planning and hard work, members of the organizing group =20
are pleased to announce the Plone Foundation.

This is a foundation that will benefit our community in many ways:

- Marketing and evangelization of Plone

- Development support

- Legal support

The Plone Foundation is modeled after similar successful ventures in the =
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Open Source world, such as the Apache Software Foundation. It will own th=
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copyrights and trademarks for Plone, and its mission is to **Protect and =
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Promote Plone**.

The Plone Team is delighted to see this organization being established, =20
and we encourage you to find out more about the Foundation, and how it =20
will help you as a Plone user/developer, and how you can support the =20
Foundation.

For more information:

- Visit the Plone Foundation web site:
   http://plone.org/foundation

- Read the Plone Foundation formation press release
   http://plone.org/foundation/about/pr/formation


On behalf of the Plone Team and the Plone Foundation,

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  Alexander Limi    =B7     Chief Architect     =B7    Plone Solutions

  Development =B7 Training =B7 Support =B7 http://www.plonesolutions.com
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  Plone Co-Founder   =B7   http://plone.org   =B7   Connecting Content