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+.. -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+A little history...
+===================
+
+*CubicWeb* is a semantic web application framework that Logilab_ started
+developing in 2001 as an offspring of its Narval_ research project. *CubicWeb*
+is written in Python and includes a data server and a web engine.
+
+Its data server publishes data federated from different sources like
+SQL databases, LDAP directories, `VCS`_ repositories or even from other
+CubicWeb data servers.
+
+.. _`VCS`: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revision_control
+
+Its web engine was designed to let the final user control what content to select
+and how to display it. It allows one to browse the federated data sources and
+display the results with the rendering that best fits the context. This
+flexibility of the user interface gives back to the user some capabilities
+usually only accessible to application developers.
+
+*CubicWeb* has been developed by Logilab_ and used in-house for many years
+before it was first installed for its clients in 2006 as version 2.
+
+In 2008, *CubicWeb* version 3 became downloadable for free under the
+terms of the LGPL license. Its community is now steadily growing
+without hampering the fast-paced stream of changes thanks to the time
+and energy originally put in the design of the framework.
+
+
+.. _Narval: http://www.logilab.org/project/narval-moved
+.. _Logilab: http://www.logilab.fr/