Apache Software Foundation
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| legal form | 501 (c) (3) (Nonprofit) Organization |
| founding | March 25, 1999 |
| founder | Brian Behlendorf , Ken Coar, Mark Cox, Lars Eilebrecht, Ralf S. Engelschall, Roy T. Fielding , Dean Gaudet, Ben Hyde, Jim Jagielski, Alexei Kosut, Martin Kraemer , Ben Laurie, Doug MacEachern, Aram Mirzadeh, Sameer Parekh, Cliff Skolnick, Marc Slemko, Bill Stoddard, Paul Sutton, Randy Terbush, Dirk-Willem van Gulik |
| Seat | Wakefield, MA 01880, USA |
| precursor | Apache Group |
| main emphasis | Open source software |
| Chair | Roy T. Fielding |
| Volunteers | 7800 |
| Members | 813 |
| Website | https://www.apache.org |
The Apache Software Foundation [ əˈpætʃi ˈsɒftweə (ɹ) faʊnˈdeɪʃən ] ( ASF ) is a voluntary organization that promotes Apache software projects, including the Apache web server . The ASF emerged in June 1999 from the Apache Group and was founded in Delaware (USA), the seat is in Wakefield (Massachusetts) .
It is a distributed shared by developers of open source - software projects work. Characteristic for Apache projects is the collaborative and discussion-friendly development process and the open and pragmatic Apache license , which can also be used and adapted by external open source projects. Each project is led by a selected team of experts. They also actively participate in the development of the projects. The ASF is a meritocracy whose membership is only granted to active developers and contributors to the Apache projects.
The tasks of the ASF include the legal protection of all project employees and the protection of the “Apache” brand. The logo of the Apache Software Foundation is the colorful feather that adorns most of the Apache projects. The name was chosen out of respect for the North American Indian tribe of the Apaches .
As of June 25, 2019, the ASF has 872 members. The current president is Sam Ruby .
Projects
Apache divides its software development activities into separate, semi-autonomous areas called "top-level projects" (formally referred to in the bylaws as the "project management committee"), some of which have a number of sub-projects. Unlike some other organizations that host FOSS projects, a project must be licensed to the ASF with a grant or contributor agreement before it is hosted by Apache. In this way, ARSP has the intellectual property rights it needs to develop and disseminate all of its projects.
financing
These sponsors are divided into different categories by the Apache Software Foundation itself:
| category | from USD / year | sponsor |
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| Platinum | $ 125,000 | Amazon Web Services , Verizon Media , Comcast , LeaseWeb , Pineapple Fund , Tencent Cloud, Microsoft , Facebook , Cloudera, Google |
| gold | $ 50,000 | IBM , ARM , Bloomberg , Handshake, Huawei , Indeed, Union Investment, Workday. |
| Silver | $ 25,000 | Aetna, Baidu, Budget Direct, Capital One, InMotion Hosting, iSIGMA, Cerner , Inspur, Alibaba Cloud Computing , oDPi, Private Internet Access, Red Hat Inc. , Target. |
| bronze | 6,000 USD | Airport Rentals, Accor , Best VPN, The Blog Starter, Bookmakers, Cash Store, Casino Bonus, Casino2k, Cloudsoft, Emerio, Footprints Recruiting, HostChecka.com, HostingAdvice.com, HostPapa Web Hosting, Mobile Slots, Host Advice, Mutuo Kredit AG , Online Holland Casino, PureVPN, RX-M, SCAMS.info, Site Builder Report, Talend, The Best VPN, Twitter , Web Hosting Secret, Revealed |
The sponsors receive various types of support from the Foundation (e.g. "Joint Press Release") and are named and honored on the Apache Software Foundation website.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Announcing the release of "Trillions and Trillions Served": ASF Marketing and Publicity. In: blogs.apache.org. Retrieved June 12, 2020 .
- ↑ Why the name "Apache"? In: Apache HTTP Server Wiki FAQ. Apache Software Foundation, accessed July 16, 2016 .
- ↑ ASF Committers by auth group. The Apache Software Foundation, 2019, accessed June 25, 2019 .
- ↑ Who runs the ASF? The Apache Software Foundation, 2019, accessed June 25, 2019 .
- ^ Bylaws of The Apache Software Foundation. In: apache.org. Retrieved June 14, 2020 (English).
- ^ ASF Contributor Agreements. In: apache.org. Retrieved June 14, 2020 .
- ↑ Apache Software Foundation: Sponsorship page! The Apache Software Foundation, 2019, accessed April 29, 2019 .