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The developers of Django, a Python-based framework for creating and deploying sophisticated Web applications, announced yesterday that they have established the Django Foundation. This foundation, like foundations for Apache and Mozilla, will allow for communal ownership of the Django code, as well as accept donations and pay individuals.

SpringSource, a provider of Java infrastructure software and the overseer of infrastructure technologies from the Apache Software Foundation, has just received $15 million in Series B funding. The round of venture capital financing was led by Accel Partners, and Benchmark Capital, the lead investor in SpringSourceﾒs first financing round, also chipped in. In January, SpringSource acquired enterprise open source player Covalent Technologies, which put Apache Tomcat application server and other open source applications under SpringSource's wing.

If you've ever sat back and tried to visualize how all the global commitments to various open source projects look--a picture of sharing done on the grand scale--a U.C. Davis web site is now serving these views up in video format. I've been studying software projects for a while now, says the site author, who is identified on Slashdot as a U.C. Davis student. Not the programming, but the people -- the way they interact with each other through collaboration and communication. The videos are quite eye-catching and informative. Here's more.