Over the weekend, there was yet another awesome WordCamp over in Boston. I am still bummed we were unable to go. But! We followed along at home, and there was some great news.
WPcares was launched during the event to raise money for Haiti. The original goal was $1,000. Last I checked, it was over $3,000 and this will be matched in donations from
Wow. This is why I love the community SO FREAKING MUCH.
The WordPress Foundation was also launched.
The point of the foundation is to ensure free access, in perpetuity, to the projects we support. People and businesses may come and go, so it is important to ensure that the source code for these projects will survive beyond the current contributor base, that we may create a stable platform for web publishing for generations to come. As part of this mission, the Foundation will be responsible for protecting the WordPress, WordCamp, and related trademarks. A 501(c)3 non-profit organization, the WordPress Foundation will also pursue a charter to educate the public about WordPress and related open source software.
Please visit their site for more information.
And, visitors to site may have noticed the clean design over there. It is the new 2010 theme, which will be the new default theme for this year.
Update: there will be some important terminology changes. Dougal gives a rundown over here between sites and networks.
I’ll go into this in depth at a later date, when trunk gets more finalized.
