The Apache Software Foundation or ASF is a non-profit that hosts a number of [[open source]] projects. Apache projects are licensed under the namesake [[license:asf2.0|Apache License]], and development is managed by small groups of active project contributors. Apache gets its name from its founding project, the [[Apache]] WebServer that is also its most popular project.

Apache projects have a lifecycle in which new projects are added to a project incubator, when development goals are met and the project takes off it may be added to the roster of other active Apache projects.

The organization itself serves as a legal overhead for Apache contributors, dealing with licensing and trademark issues, as well as providing services and holding events for the general apache community.

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* "About the Apache foundation":http://www.apache.org/foundation/how-it-works.html

The Apache Software Foundation or ASF is a non-profit that hosts a number of [[open source]] projects. Apache projects are licensed under the namesake [[license:asf2.0|Apache [[asf2.0|Apache License]], and development is managed by small groups of active project contributors. Apache gets its name from its founding project, the [[Apache]] WebServer that is also its most popular project.

Apache projects have a lifecycle in which new projects are added to a project incubator, when development goals are met and the project takes off it may be added to the roster of other active Apache projects.

The organization itself serves as a legal overhead for Apache contributors, dealing with licensing and trademark issues, as well as providing services and holding events for the general apache community.

The Apache Software Foundation or ASF Organization is a non-profit that hosts made up of a number of [[open source]] projects. Apache Most of these projects are licensed under the namesake [[asf2.0|Apache License]], and development is managed by small groups of active project contributors. Apache gets its name from its founding project, the [[Apache]] WebServer that is also its most popular project.

Apache projects have a lifecycle in tagged [[Apache.org]] which new projects are added to provides a project incubator, when development goals are met and the project takes off it may be added to the roster grouping of other active Apache these projects.

The organization itself serves as a legal overhead for Apache contributors, dealing with licensing and trademark issues, as well as providing services and holding events for the general apache community.

The Apache Organization is made up of a number of top level projects. Most of these projects are These project should be tagged [[Apache.org]] which provides a grouping of these projects. with [[Apache.Org]].

The Apache Organization is made up of a number of top level This tag represents the top-level "Apache":http://apache.org projects. These project should be tagged with [[Apache.Org]].