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Apache Software Foundation

The Apache Software Foundation (ASF) is a non-profit corporation (classified as 501(c)3 in the United States) to support Apache software projects, including the Apache HTTP Server. The ASF was formed from the Apache Group and Delaware corporation, USA, in June, 1999.

The Apache Software Foundation is a decentralized community of developers. The software they produce is distributed under the terms of the Apache License and are therefore free software / open source software. The Apache projects are characterized by a collaborative, consensus based development process and an open and pragmatic software license. Each project is managed by a self-selected team of technical experts who are active contributors to the project. The ASF is a meritocracy, implying that membership to the foundation is granted only to volunteers who have actively contributed to Apache projects.

Among the ASF s objectives are to provide legal protection to volunteers working on Apache projects, and to prevent the Apache brand name from being used by other organizations without permission.

The ASF also holds several [http://www.apachecon.com/ ApacheCon] conferences each year, highlighting Apache projects, related technology, and allowing Apache developers to gather together.

=Projects=

Formally recognized Apache projects include:

  • -based build tool
  • *Apache Beehive: A Java visual object model
  • publishing framework
  • solutions
  • and other protocols
  • and related components
    • *Apache Forrest: documentation framework based upon Cocoon
  • server
  • management
    • *Apache Incubator: for aspiring ASF projects
  • (including its own set of sub-projects)
  • server
  • and comprehension tool
  • implementation
  • related software
  • .
  • web applications framework
  • related systems
  • solutions for the web
  • binding tool
  • formats to graphical output

    • =History=

    The history of the Apache Software Foundation is linked to the Apache HTTP Server, the work on which started in 1994. A group of eight developers started working on enhancing the National Center for Supercomputing Applications HTTPd daemon. They were Brian Behlendorf, Roy Fielding, Rob Hartill, David Robinson, Cliff Skolnick, Randy Terbush, Robert S. Thau and Andrew Wilson with additional contributions from Eric Hagberg, Frank Peters and Nicolas Pioch.

    The enhanced product called the Apache server was released in April 1995. In 1999, members of the Apache Group formed the Foundation to provide support for the Apache HTTP Server. The ASF has a membership of 151 members and approximately 1000 committers as of 2005.

    =External links=

    *http://www.apache.org *http://wiki.apache.org/general *http://wiki.apache.org/ApacheCon/FrontPage