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Expand Up @@ -11,23 +11,25 @@ The community is also the source of many libraries, tools, and other resources a

## Who's behind Scala?

Scala was created by
[Prof. Martin Odersky](https://lampwww.epfl.ch/~odersky/).

The Scala language and associated websites are cooperative projects of
the [Scala Center](https://scala.epfl.ch) at [EPFL](https://epfl.ch),
[Lightbend](https://www.lightbend.com), and the Scala community
more broadly, with participation from many companies, organizations,
and individuals.
the Scala 3 team in Martin's research group (also at EPFL),
the Scala teams at [Lightbend](https://www.lightbend.com) and
[VirtusLab](https://virtuslab.com), and the Scala community more
broadly, with participation from many companies, organizations, and
individuals.

The Scala team at Lightbend concentrates on advancing the language,
compiler, and standard library. The Scala Center focuses on education
(especially online courses), documentation, open source community
outreach, and tooling. Community participation in all of these
efforts is strongly encouraged.
Scala 2 maintenance is primarily handled by the Lightbend team.
They also participate in Scala 3 development.

Scala was created by
[Prof. Martin Odersky](https://lampwww.epfl.ch/~odersky/). Martin and
his research group at EPFL remain heavily involved with the language,
including developing [Dotty](https://dotty.epfl.ch), a
next-generation compiler for Scala.
VirtusLab focuses on infrastructure and tooling for Scala 3.

The Scala Center focuses on education (especially online courses),
documentation, open source community outreach, and tooling. Community
participation in all of these efforts is strongly encouraged.

## Forums / Mailing Lists

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