Apache Software Foundation
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Key facts
- Type
- 501(c)(3) organization
- Focus
- Open-source software
- Headquarters
- 1000 N West Street, Suite 1200, Wilmington, Delaware 19801, United States
- Method
- Apache License
- Revenue
- $2.31 million (2023)
- Expenses
- $2.01 million (2023)
- Website
- apache .org
via Wikipedia infobox
Article
The Apache Software Foundation (/əˈpætʃi/ ə-PATCH-ee; ASF) is an American nonprofit corporation (classified as a 501(c)(3) organization in the United States) that supports a number of open-source software projects. 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. 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 Apache projects are characterized by a collaborative, consensus-based development process and an open and pragmatic software license, which is to say that it allows developers, who receive the software freely, to redistribute it under non-free terms. Each project is managed by a self-selected team of technical experts who are active contributors to the project. The ASF is a meritocracy, with membership granted only to volunteers who have actively contributed to Apache projects.