The Apache Software Foundation is a decentralized open source community of developers. The software they produce is distributed under the terms of the Apache License, a permissive open-source license for free and open-source software (FOSS).
The ASF was formed from a group of developers of the Apache HTTP Server, and incorporated on March 25, 1999. As of 2021, it includes approximately 1000 members. The Apache Software Foundation is a decentralized open source community of developers.
Keep up with the ASF's news and announcements by subscribing to the Apache Announcements List, as well as following the Foundation Blog , Apache Weekly News Round-Ups , @TheASF on Twitter , The Apache Software Foundation on LinkedIn, on the ASF's YouTube channel, and on Feathercast, the voice of the ASF.
The ASF is a meritocracy, implying that membership of the foundation is granted only to volunteers who have actively contributed to Apache projects. The ASF is considered a second-generation open-source organization, [citation needed] in that commercial support is provided without the risk of platform lock-in .
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