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+title: IronPython and the .NET Foundation
+date: '2017-11-14T00:00:00.000-08:00'
+author: slide
+tags:
+- Release Notes
+modified_time: '2017-11-14T00:00:08.968-08:00'
+---
+
+<p>
+    IronPython has been around for almost 10 years. In that time there have been many changes to the team, ownership and, in some ways,
+    the direction the project has taken. One of the biggest challenges we've had in recent time is getting people to contribute. We have
+     a great community, with people creating issues, being willing to test out changes and so forth, but we've only had a small number of
+     folks who have created PR's, debugged issues and helped keep the project running.
+</p>
+<p>
+    As part of an effort to increase the number of people interested in and helping out with IronPython, we submitted an application to join the
+    <a href="https://dotnetfoundation.org/">.NET Foundation</a> last year. It has taken some time to get to this point, but we're excited to
+    announce that IronPython and the DLR will be joining the .NET Foundation!
+</p>
+<p>
+    The .NET Foundation is a great organization that really works to move the open source .NET community forward. We are very excited to be part
+    of this amazing organization and for the help they will give us in moving IronPython and the DLR forward.
+</p>
+<p>
+    Big thanks go out to Martin Woodward (the previous Executive Director of the .NET Foundation) and Jon Galloway (the current Executive Director
+    of the .NET Foundation) for their help in the application and acceptance process. IronPython and the DLR were a bit of a unique project having
+    originally been under the Microsoft umbrealla, so their work in getting over many hurdles around that has been amazing and really appreciated.
+</p>
+<p>
+    What does this mean to you, the user of IronPython? We hope big things! The .NET Foundation can help us with infrastructure that we don't have
+    access to right now (custom CI setup and so forth) and it brings along with it a stamp of approval that we hope will attract new developers
+    and users alike.
+</p>
+<p>
+    There will be some changes required to processes going forward under the .NET Foundation, but these changes will make it easier to contribute
+    and manage IronPython and DLR. The future is bright!
+</p>