Alexander on Web Development

The Drupal project began as a hobby project of Dries Buytaert, first released as an open source project in 2001. Since then, the project and surrounding community have experienced exponential growth.

By 2006, it became clear that Drupal needed some sort of body to help manage the infrastructure, funding, and promotion of the community-driven project in order for it to continue to flourish. And so, the Drupal Association was born.

The Drupal Association is a not-for-profit association, registered in Belgium. Its purpose is to provide support to the Drupal project.

The Drupal Association has no say in either the planning or development of the Drupal open source project itself.

This is left solely in the very capable hands of the community. The Drupal Association could not, for example, dictate that in the next version of Drupal users should become nodes. The Drupal Association could, however, do any of the following:

* Accept donations and grants.
* Organize and/or sponsor Drupal events, and represent the Drupal project at events.
* Engage in partnerships with other organizations.
* Acquire and manage infrastructure in support of the Drupal project.
* Support development by awarding grants or paying wages.
* Write and publish press releases and promotional materials.

Source: Drupal Association