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Date: Fri May 20 14:03:06 2011
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+ <h1>The Apache Software Foundation<BR />
+ <SPAN class="alt"><small>Meritocracy in
Action.</small></SPAN></h1>
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+ <A href="http://community.apache.org";>Apache Community
Development</A> | <A
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+ <p>While not all aspects of the Apache Way are
practiced the same way by
+all projects at the ASF, there are a number of rules that Apache
+projects are required to follow â things like complying with PMC
+<a href="http://www.apache.org/dev/release.html";>release voting</a>, <a
href="http://www.apache.org/legal/";>legal policy</a>, <a
href="http://www.apache.org/foundation/marks/";>brand policy</a>,
+using <a href="http://www.apache.org/dev/#mail";>mailing lists</a>, etc., which
are <a
href="https://blogs.apache.org/comdev/entry/what_makes_apache_projects_different";>documented
in various places</a>. </p>
+<p>A primary purpose of the basic requirements the ASF places on itâs
+projects are to help ensure long-lived and stable projects by having
+a broad enough community to maintain the project even in the potential
+absence of any individual volunteer or any sea change at a major vendor
+in that area. The Apache project governance model is explicitly based
+on a diverse community. This is different from other governance models,
+like the âbenevolent dictatorâ idea or the often corporate-backed model
+that Eclipse uses.</p>
+<h2 id="apache_projects_are_independent">Apache projects are independent</h2>
+<p>This is implicit in the fact that the Project Management Committee (PMC)
runs the project, and the fact that PMC members are expected to contribute to
the project as individuals, wearing their âPMC hatâ. The concept of hats
means that when a PMC member votes on project matters, they are casting their
vote as an individual acting in the best interests of that PMC, and not as an
employee or representative of some third party. There are also certain
expectations of diversity within a PMC; the board may apply extra scrutiny to
PMCs with low diversity (i.e. PMCs that are dominated by people with a common
employer). Similarly, the ASF does not allow corporations to participate
directly in project management, only individuals.</p>
+<p>There are two important aspects to this independence: project management,
and project use by end users.</p>
+<h2 id="apache_projects_are_managed_independently">Apache projects are managed
independently</h2>
+<p>Apache projects should be managed independently, and PMCs must ensure that
they are acting in the best interests of the project as a whole. Note that it
is similarly important that the PMC clearly show this independence within their
project community. The perception of existing and new participants within the
community that the PMC is run independently and without favoring any specific
third parties over others is important, to allow new contributors to feel
comfortable both joining the community and contributing their work. A community
that obviously favors one specific vendor in some exclusive way will often
discourage new contributors from competing vendors, which is an issue for the
long term health of the project.</p>
+<h2 id="apache_products_may_be_used_independently">Apache products may be used
independently</h2>
+<p>All Apache projects must release their code under the <a
href="http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html";>Apache License</a>,
which clearly specifies the minimum restrictions that users of Apache software
must agree to. Apache software is all about being able to use it for virtually
whatever our users want: open source, proprietary, secret: weâre happy to
have users take our software (although not our name) for virtually any purpose.
While our legal guidelines allow certain other software licenses to be used for
specific dependencies, the software we release always uses our license.</p>
+<p>Extending this idea, users of Apache software should be able to find our
software, learn how to use it, and actually apply it to all its common use
cases solely by going to the Apache projectâs own website. Apache projects
should provide sufficient documentation, install features, basic user help
(through mailing lists) and services for the common use cases to the user,
without them having to rely on third parties. It is important that our users
can both make use of our software freely â both in terms of not having to pay
for the software, as well as not having to worry about IP claims or other more
restrictive licenses on either the software or the configurations or other
common materials required to actually use the software.</p>
+<h2 id="apache_projects_are_non-commercial">Apache projects are
non-commercial</h2>
+<p>The ASFâs mission is to produce software for the public good. All Apache
software is always available for free, and solely under the Apache License.
While our projects manage the technical implementation of their individual
software products independently, Apache software is released from the ASF, and
is always meant to serve the public good.</p>
+<p>Weâre happy to have third parties, including for-profit corporations,
take our software and use it for their own purposes â even when in some cases
it may technically compete with Apache software. However it is important in
these cases to ensure that the brand and reputation of the Apache project is
not misused by third parties for their own purposes. It is important for the
longevity and community health of our projects that they get the appropriate
credit for producing our freely available software.</p>
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