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	<h1 id="about-the-astropy-project">About The Astropy Project<a class="paralink" href="#about-the-astropy-project" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1>

	<p> The Astropy Project is a community effort to develop a core package
	for astronomy using the
	<a href="http://www.python.org">Python programming language</a>
	and improve usability, interoperability, and collaboration between astronomy
	Python packages.  The core <i>astropy</i> package contains functionality aimed
	at professional astronomers and astrophysicists, but may be useful to anyone
	developing astronomy software.  The Astropy Project also includes
	"affiliated packages," Python packages that are not necessarily developed by
	the core development team, but share the goals of Astropy, and often build
	from the core package's code and infrastructure. </p>

    <p>Aside from the actual code, Astropy is also a community of astronomy-
    associated users and developers that agree that sharing utilities is
    healthy for the community and the science it produces. This community is
    of course central to accomplishing anything with the code itself.
    We welcome anyone who
    wishes to contribute to the project and expect everyone in our community
    to follow the <a href="code_of_conduct.html">code of conduct</a> when interacting with others.</p>

    <p>For more details on background of the project, you can read the
    <a href="https://docs.astropy.org/en/stable/development/vision.html">original vision</a>
    from when the project was founded.</p>
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    <h1 id="astropy-core-package"><i>astropy</i> Core Package<a class="paralink" href="#astropy-core-package" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1>

    <p>The <i>astropy</i> package (alternatively known as the "core" package)
    contains various classes, utilities, and a packaging framework intended
    to provide commonly-used astronomy tools. It is divided into a variety
    of sub-packages, which are described in detail in the
    <a href="https://docs.astropy.org/">documentation</a>.</p>
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    <h1 id="affiliated-packages">Affiliated Packages<a class="paralink" href="#affiliated-packages" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1>

    <p>The Astropy project includes the concept of "affiliated packages." An
    affiliated package is an astronomy-related python package that is not
    part of the <i>astropy</i> core source code, but has requested to be included
    in the general community effort of the Astropy project. Such a package
    may be a candidate for eventual inclusion in the main <i>astropy</i> package
    (although this is not required). Until then, however, it is a separate
    package, and may not be in the <i>astropy</i> namespace.</p>

    <p>The authoritative listing of current affiliated packages is available at
    <a href="http://affiliated.astropy.org">http://affiliated.astropy.org</a>.
    That page also describes the process to get a package listed as an affiliated package.</p>
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		<h1 id="license">License<a class="paralink" href="#license" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1>

		<p>Astropy is licensed under a <a href="http://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause">three-clause BSD license</a>.  For details, see the <a href="https://github.com/astropy/astropy/blob/main/LICENSE.rst" target="_blank">LICENSE.rst</a> file in the astropy repository.</p>
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    	<h1 id="governance">Governance<a class="paralink" href="#governance" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1>
    	<p>Astropy governance is as laid out in <a href="https://github.com/astropy/astropy-APEs/blob/main/APE0.rst" target="_blank">APE 0</a>, consisting of the Coordination Committee, the Ombudsperson, and the Voting Members. Accompanying policies are documented in the <a href="https://github.com/astropy/astropy-project/tree/main/policies">project policies folder</a>.</p>
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		<h1 id="fiscal-sponsor">Fiscal Sponsor<a class="paralink" href="#fiscal-sponsor" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1>

		<p>Astropy is a Sponsored Project of <a href="http://www.numfocus.org/">NumFOCUS</a>, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit charity in the United States.
           <a href="http://www.numfocus.org/">NumFOCUS</a> provides Astropy with fiscal, legal, and administrative support to help ensure the health and sustainability of the project.
           Visit <a href="http://www.numfocus.org/">numfocus.org</a> for more information.</p>

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