Didn't he leave the project before it even had an official release?
https://simonwillison.net/2005/Jul/17/django/
> I haven’t been involved with Django since leaving the Journal-World back in September, but now that the framework is open-sourced I look forward to contributing to its further development—both in terms of documentation and actual code.
alt Hacker News
https://simonwillison.net/2005/Jul/17/django/
> I haven’t been involved with Django since leaving the Journal-World back in September, but now that the framework is open-sourced I look forward to contributing to its further development—both in terms of documentation and actual code.