Tag Archives: governance

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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Apache Governance: Board of Directors

7th
Oct. × ’11
By Shane

This is the first in a series of essays describing Apache governance. While there are a number of existing documents that explain some of the “hows”, I’m hoping to fill in some of the key information about the “whys” of how the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) actually works day-to-day. Look for more articles on things [...]

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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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