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Plone launches user feedback system
Have a great idea for how to improve Plone? We've now got a simple new tool to suggest, discuss and vote on ideas!
Plone Featured in "How to Sponsor an Open Source Sprint"
The Plone community is featured prominently in an IT World article about open source sprints that includes interviews with Plone Foundation president Jon Stahl and PloneFormGen creator Steve McMahon.
Proposals for Plone 4 solicited
The Plone Foundation is pleased to announce that the Plone 4 Framework Team will, starting immediately, consider community proposals for substantive improvements to the Plone platform.
Can PloneGov Still Save The World?
The 5th International Conference on Open Source Systems took place in Skövde, Sweden, from 3-6 June. During his keynote address, Brian Behlendorf, a founder of the not-for-profit Apache Software Foundation, talked about the social impact of Open Source development. Specific mention was given to PloneGov a collaborative software ecosystem, where government organizations, non-profits and the private sector work together to share the cost of enhanced capabilities.
Plone Foundation approves Plone Framework Components Relicensing Policy
The Plone Foundation board approved a new policy in May 2009 that allows for the relicensing of selected framework components under the modified BSD license. More than 90% of the voting Plone Foundation membership supported this policy, which will make it easier for allied projects in the Zope and Python communities to re-use some of Plone’s internal framework components.
Last Chance for North American Plone Symposium
Registration closes Monday at 11:59pm EDT.
Plone Foundation Membership Vote: Framework Components Relicensing Policy
Plone Foundation members are invited to vote on the proposed Framework Components Relicensing Policy. Voting is open until 11:59PM GMT, May 17th.
Summer of Code 2009 students
For the fourth consecutive year, the Plone Foundation is participating in Google's Summer of Code programme, this year mentoring 7 students to help them improve Plone.
The Definitive Guide to Plone, Second Edition
A Guide for users, configuration and development, completely updated to cover the latest version of Plone and its newest features.
CVE-2009-0662: Authentication flaw in login form
This update fixes a flaw in the login form handling which allowed authenticated users to assume another identity.
4 days left to score this year’s only North American Plone convention, cheap
Hey, North Americans! Plone Symposium East is right in your backyard in a month—and the other Plone Conference is in Budapest.
European Plone Symposium 2009: Speakers List
The list of speakers for the European Plone Symposium 2009 is ready.
Plone Plans Global Event to Tout a New Way of Creating for the Web
Plone, one of the open source software communities, is staging World Plone Day 2009 – a series of events around the globe on April 22nd to spread awareness of their product. Plone is a free and open source Internet publishing system that combines web content management, social software, collaboration, and enterprise portal features.
Plone Logo Pack now available
Fresh from the oven, for all your Plone branding needs: it’s the Plone Logo Pack!
Summer of Code studentships available
The Google Summer of Code process is in full swing, if you're a student who wants to be paid to contribute to Plone — get your proposal in now!
Plone feeds consolidated and updated
If you’re following Plone news, the blogs or add-on releases using an RSS reader, now’s a good time to update your feeds.
Plone Foundation accepted into Google Summer of Code 2009
The Plone Foundation has been accepted as a mentoring organisation by Google as part of the 2009 run of their Summer of Code programme.
A new look for plone.org!
Introducing plone.org’s new visual design. Read on for more details on the technology behind the scenes, and to learn how you can help us stomp out the last remaining bugs.
Help Test Plone 3.3
Plone 3.3 is coming. Please help make it perfect!
Proposal deadline for Plone Symposium East 2009 in 1 week
Frenzied last-minute call for talk and training proposals, complete with scare tactics and thinly veiled threats.