Plone Foundation

Welcome to the Plone Foundation

The Plone Foundation was formed in May 2004 to serve as a supporting organization for Plone. We provide support for the development and marketing of Plone, and are modeled after similar ventures such as the Apache Software Foundation. The Plone Foundation is the legal owner of the Plone codebase, trademarks, and domain names. Our goal is to ensure that Plone remains the premier open source content management system and that we broaden its acceptance and visibility.

Our list of members is at Members, where you can also fill out a new membership application, if you have contributed significantly to the Plone community.

The Plone Foundation is governed by an elected Board of Directors. 

Committees are working groups of the Foundation dedicated to: Intellectual Property and Licensing issues and Membership.

Goals and objectives

The mission of the Plone Foundation is to protect and promote Plone. Our goals include:

• Provide clear, neutral, and sustainable ownership of code, trademarks, and domains.
• Provide a decision-making structure for essential community activities.
• Ensure that, as Plone grows, it remains a level playing field.
• Act as the voice of Plone for official announcements, press releases, and other communications.
• Help create promotional material, interviews, speeches, and other activities to market Plone.

Donate to the Plone Foundation

To support the Foundation, you can make a donation by check, credit card or PayPal. Donations are tax-deductible in the US.

A tremendous thanks to all of the individuals and organizations who have donated to the Plone Foundation!

Resources

• Frequently Asked Questions about the Plone Foundation.
• Are you a contributor to Plone, or interested in becoming one? Here's our contributor agreement.
• Minutes from Plone Foundation board meetings.

Contacting the Plone Foundation

• Mail

  Plone Foundation
  4617 Montrose Blvd
  Suite C215
  Houston, TX. 77006
  USA

• Phone / fax

  +1 (302) 397-2132

• To contact the Plone Foundation board, please email

  board at plone.org