)+c合 0 a www apache. org/foundation/ 回10%…食 m口↓≡ News Apache Way CELEBRATING 20 YEARS OF COMMUNITY-LED DEVELOPMENT ∥ APACHE THE APACHE WAY munity sponsors mission of the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) is to provide software for the public g WHAT IS THE ASF? Established in 1999, the ASF is a US 501c)(3)charitable organization, funded by individual donations and corporate sponsors. Our all-volunteer board oversees more than 350 leading Open Source projects including Apache Http Server-the words most popular Web server software The ASF provides an established framework for int property and financial contributions that simultaneously limits potential legal exposure for our projec committers Through the ASF's meritocratic process known as The Apache Way, more than 730 individual Members and 7,000 Committers successfully collaborate develop freely available enterprise grade software, benef iting millions of users worldwide thousands of software solutions are distributed under the Apache License, and the community actively participates in ASF mailing lists, mentoring initiatives and Apache Con, the Foundation s official user conference, trainings, and HOW DID THE ASF AND APACHEOR PROJECTS GROW? Formerly known as the Apache Group, the ASF porated in 1999 as a membership-based, not-for-profit corporation in order to ensure that the Apache projects continue to exist beyond the participation of individual volunteers. Individuals who have demonstrated a commitment to collaborative open-source software development, through sustained participation and contributions within the Foundations projects, are eligible for membership in the ASF An individual is awarded membership after nomination and approval by a majority of the existing ASF members. Thus, the ASF is governed by the community it most directly the people collaborating wthin its projects HOW ARE THE ASF AND APACHE PROJECTS GOVERNED? The ASF members periodically elect a Board of Directors to manage the organizational affairs of the Foundation, as accorded by the AsF Bylaws The Board, in turn, appoints a numbet of off icers to oversee the day-to-day operations of the Foundation. A number of public records of our operation are made available to the community A more detailed explanation of How the AsF works in terms of day to day operations is available, and the Apache Community Development proec goal is to help newcomers learn more about the Apache Software Foundation. wthin those projects. There are detailed descriptions of ASF and project governance models. WHO RUNS THE ASF?9