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Apache Governance: Membership

6th
Dec. × ’11
By Shane

This is the third in a series of essays describing Apache governance. The ASF is a non-profit, membership-based corporation; as such the Members of the ASF have a role similar to shareholders in a publicly traded corporation. In this essay, the term “member” specifically means someone who is a Member of the Foundation itself, as [...]

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Shane’s Apache Director Position Statement

12th
Jul. × ’11
By Shane

The ASF is currently holding it’s annual Member’s meeting, where we elect a new board of directors among other matters (and usually elect a number of new ASF Members!) I am fortunate enough to have been nominated again for the board election, something which I am truly grateful for. Along with participating in Apache projects [...]

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Apache Office, anyone?

1st
Jun. × ’11
By Shane

I imagine there will be a lot of news – and commentary – and, ahem, heated discussions about today’s submission of the OpenOffice.org codebase to the Apache Incubator by Oracle. Here are a few handy links and thoughts that may be helpful to ponder: It’s official – here’s Oracle’s announcement on “Statements on OpenOffice.org Contribution [...]

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Apache projects are independent and non-commercial

11th
May. × ’11
By Shane

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 – things like complying with PMC release voting, legal policy, brand policy, using mailing lists, etc., which are documented in various places. There [...]

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