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Source: About the Apache Software Foundation (ASF)

The mission of the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) is to provide software for the public good. We do this by providing services and support for many like-minded software project communities consisting of individuals who choose to participate in ASF activities.

committers. Through the ASF's meritocratic process known as “The Apache Way,” more than 730 individual Members and 7,000 Committers successfully collaborate to develop freely available enterprise-grade software, benefiting millions of users worldwide: thousands of software solutions are distributed under the Apache License; and the community actively participates in ASF mailing lists, mentoring initiatives, and ApacheCon, the Foundation's official user conference, trainings, and expo.

Note Although the ASF is a Corporate Project and thus, strictly speaking a [dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:d:defactostd|de facto standards]] organization, the Apache License is part of the larger Open Source Initiative (OSI) and thus, considered a Technical vice de facto Standard.

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