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		<author email="nicko at apache dot org">Nicko Cadell</author>
		<title>log4net Project</title>
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	<meta name="keywords" content=".net, C#, VB.NET, logging, tracing, component, framework, API, log4net" />

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		<section name="About log4net">

			<section name="Introduction">
				<p>
					log4net is a tool to help the programmer output log statements to a variety 
					of output targets. log4net is a port of the excellent log4j framework to the 
					.NET runtime. We have kept the framework similar in spirit to the original log4j 
					while taking advantage of new features in the .NET runtime.
					For more information on log4net see the <a href="release/features.html">features</a> document.
				</p>

				<p>
					log4net is part of the <a href="http://logging.apache.org">Apache Logging Services</a> 
					project. The Logging Services project is intended to provide cross-language logging 
					services for purposes of application debugging and auditing.
				</p>
			</section>
			
			<section name="Project Status">
				<p>
					log4net is an effort undergoing incubation at the Apache Software 
					Foundation (ASF), sponsored by the Apache Logging Services project. 
					Incubation is required of all newly accepted projects until a further 
					review indicates that the infrastructure, communications, and decision 
					making process have stabilized in a manner consistent with other 
					successful ASF projects. While incubation status is not necessarily a 
					reflection of the completeness or stability of the code, it does 
					indicate that the project has yet to be fully endorsed by the ASF.
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			</section>
			
			<section name="Contributors">
	
				<section name="Active Committers">

					<ul>
						<li>
							<p>
								<strong>Nicko Cadell</strong>
							</p>
						</li>
						<li>
							<p>
								<strong>Niall Daley</strong>
							</p>
						</li>
						<li>
							<p>
								<strong>Gert Driesen</strong>
							</p>
						</li>
					</ul>
					
				</section>
			
				<section name="Community Contributors">

					<ul>
						<li>
							<p>
								<strong>Julian Biddle</strong><!-- julian_biddle@technologyonecorp.com -->
							</p>
						</li>
						<li>
							<p>
								<strong>Daniel Cazzulino</strong><!-- yapcaz@siderar.com -->
							</p>
						</li>
						<li>
							<p>
								<strong>Aspi Havewala</strong><!-- ahavewala@hotmail.com -->
							</p>
						</li>
						<li>
							<p>
								<strong>Rick Hobbs</strong><!--  -->
							</p>
						</li>
						<li>
							<p>
								<strong>Lance Nehring</strong><!-- nehring@newparticles.com -->
							</p>
						</li>
						<li>
							<p>
								<strong>Angelika Schnagl</strong><!-- angelika.schnagl@sdm.de -->
							</p>
						</li>
						<li>
							<p>
								<strong>Edward Smit</strong><!-- edwardsmit@xs4all.nl -->
							</p>
						</li>
						<li>
							<p>
								<strong>Douglas de la Torre</strong><!-- res06xzj@gte.net -->
							</p>
						</li>
						<li>
							<p>
								<strong>Thomas Voss</strong><!-- vossthomas@users.sourceforge.net -->
							</p>
						</li>
					</ul>
				</section>
				
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