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cvs commit: apache-2.0 ABOUT_APACHE
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A minimalist update to reality as of 27 July 2000
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The Apache HTTP Server Project
- http://www.apache.org/
+ http://www.apache.org/httpd
- February 1999
+ July 2000
The Apache Project is a collaborative software development effort aimed
at creating a robust, commercial-grade, featureful, and freely-available
source code implementation of an HTTP (Web) server. The project is
jointly managed by a group of volunteers located around the world, using
the Internet and the Web to communicate, plan, and develop the server and
-its related documentation. These volunteers are known as the Apache Software Foundation.
+its related documentation. These volunteers are known as the Apache Group.
In addition, hundreds of users have contributed ideas, code, and
documentation to the project. This file is intended to briefly describe
-the history of the Apache Software Foundation, recognize the many contributors, and
+the history of the Apache Group, recognize the many contributors, and
explain how you can join the fun too.
In February of 1995, the most popular server software on the Web was the
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
and logins for the core developers on a machine in the California Bay Area,
with bandwidth and diskspace donated by HotWired and Organic Online.
By the end of February, eight core contributors formed the foundation
-of the original Apache Software Foundation:
+of the original Apache Group:
Brian Behlendorf Roy T. Fielding Rob Hartill
David Robinson Cliff Skolnick Randy Terbush
@@ -70,34 +70,44 @@
============================================================================
-Current Apache Software Foundation in alphabetical order as of 14 February 1999:
+Current Apache Group in alphabetical order as of 27 July 2000:
- Brian Behlendorf O'Reilly and Associates, California
+ Brian Behlendorf Collab.Net, California
+ Ryan Bloom Covalent Technologies, California
Ken Coar IBM Corporation, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
Mark J. Cox C2Net Europe, UK
- Lars Eilebrecht Cable & Wireless ECRC, Munich, Germany
+ Lars Eilebrecht CyberSolutions, Munich, Germany
Ralf S. Engelschall Munich, Germany.
- Roy T. Fielding UC Irvine, California
+ Roy T. Fielding eBuilt, California
+ Tony Finch Covalent Technologies, UK
Dean Gaudet Critical Path, California
- Rob Hartill Internet Movie DB, UK
+ Dirk-Willem van Gulik Covalent Technologies, California
+ Brian Havard Australia
Ben Hyde Gensym, Massachusetts
- Jim Jagielski jaguNET ISP, Maryland
+ Jim Jagielski jaguNET Access Services, Maryland
+ Manoj Kasichainula Collab.Net, California
Alexei Kosut Stanford University, California
Martin Kraemer Munich, Germany
Ben Laurie Freelance Consultant, UK
- Doug MacEachern Critical Path, California
- Aram W. Mirzadeh Qosina Corporation, New York
+ Rasmus Lerdorf Linuxcare, California
+ Daniel Lopez Ridruejo Covalent Technologies, California
+ Doug MacEachern Covalent Technologies, California
+ Aram W. Mirzadeh CableVision, New York
+ Chuck Murcko The Topsail Group, Pennsylvania
Sameer Parekh C2Net, California
- Cliff Skolnick Freelance, California
+ David Reid UK
+ William A. Rowe Chicago
+ Wilfredo Sanchez Apple Computer, California
+ Cliff Skolnick California
Marc Slemko Canada
- Bill Stoddard IBM Corp., Research Triangle Park, NC
+ Greg Stein California
+ Bill Stoddard IBM Corporation, Research Triangle Park, NC
Paul Sutton C2Net Europe, UK
- Randy Terbush Covalent Technologies, Nebraska
- Dirk-Willem van Gulik Freelance Consultant, Italy
+ Randy Terbush Covalent Technologies, California
-Apache Emeritae (old group members now off doing other things)
+Apache Emeritus (old group members now off doing other things)
- Chuck Murcko The Topsail Group, Pennsylvania
+ Rob Hartill Internet Movie DB, UK
David Robinson Cambridge University, UK
Robert S. Thau MIT, Massachusetts
Andrew Wilson Freelance Consultant, UK
@@ -107,7 +117,6 @@
Howard Fear (mod_include), Florent Guillaume (language negotiation),
Koen Holtman (rewrite of mod_negotiation),
Kevin Hughes (creator of all those nifty icons),
- Rasmus Lerdorf (mod_info, mod_php, mod_php3),
Brandon Long and Beth Frank (NCSA Server Development Team, post-1.3),
Ambarish Malpani (Beginning of the NT port),
Rob McCool (original author of the NCSA httpd 1.3),
@@ -117,8 +126,7 @@
Many 3rd-party modules, frequently used and recommended, are also
freely-available and linked from the related projects page:
<http://modules.apache.org/>, and their authors frequently
-contribute ideas, patches, and testing. In particular, Doug MacEachern
-(mod_perl) and Rasmus Lerdorf (mod_php).
+contribute ideas, patches, and testing.
Hundreds of people have made individual contributions to the Apache
project. Patch contributors are listed in the src/CHANGES file.
@@ -158,13 +166,13 @@
to time when core members nominate outstanding contributors and the
rest of the core members agree. The core group focus is more on
"business" issues and limited-circulation things like security problems
-than on mainstream code development. The term "The Apache Software Foundation"
+than on mainstream code development. The term "The Apache Group"
technically refers to this core of project contributors.
The Apache project is a meritocracy -- the more work you have done, the more
you are allowed to do. The group founders set the original rules, but
they can be changed by vote of the active members. There is a group
-of people who have logins on our server (hyperreal.com) and access to the
+of people who have logins on our server (apache.org) and access to the
CVS repository. Everyone has access to the CVS snapshots. Changes to
the code are proposed on the mailing list and usually voted on by active
members -- three +1 (yes votes) and no -1 (no votes, or vetoes) are needed
@@ -183,17 +191,37 @@
who are known to be experts on that part of the server. Vetoes must be
accompanied by a convincing explanation.
-New members of the Apache Software Foundation are added when a frequent contributor is
+New members of the Apache Group are added when a frequent contributor is
nominated by one member and unanimously approved by the voting members.
In most cases, this "new" member has been actively contributing to the
group's work for over six months, so it's usually an easy decision.
-The above describes our past and current (as of April 1998) guidelines,
+The above describes our past and current (as of July 2000) guidelines,
which will probably change over time as the membership of the group
changes and our development/coordination tools improve.
============================================================================
+The Apache Software Foundation (www.apache.org)
+
+The Apache Software Foundation exists to provide organizational, legal,
+and financial support for the Apache open-source software projects.
+Founded in June 1999 by the Apache Group, the Foundation has been
+incorporated as a membership-based, not-for-profit corporation in order
+to ensure that the Apache projects continue to exist beyond the participation
+of individual volunteers, to enable contributions of intellectual property
+and funds on a sound basis, and to provide a vehicle for limiting legal
+exposure while participating in open-source software projects.
+
+You are invited to participate in The Apache Software Foundation. We welcome
+contributions in many forms. Our membership consists of those individuals
+who have demonstrated a commitment to collaborative open-source software
+development through sustained participation and contributions within the
+Foundation's projects. Many people and companies have contributed towards
+the success of the Apache projects.
+
+ ============================================================================
+
Why Apache Is Free
Apache exists to provide a robust and commercial-grade reference
@@ -236,5 +264,3 @@
Thanks for using Apache!
- ============================================================================
-Roy Fielding, June 1997
Re: cvs commit: apache-2.0 ABOUT_APACHE
Posted by Greg Stein <gs...@lyra.org>.
On Fri, Jul 28, 2000 at 01:37:50AM -0000, fielding@locus.apache.org wrote:
> fielding 00/07/27 18:37:49
>
> Modified: . ABOUT_APACHE
> Log:
> A minimalist update to reality as of 27 July 2000
>...
> The Apache Project is a collaborative software development effort aimed
> at creating a robust, commercial-grade, featureful, and freely-available
> source code implementation of an HTTP (Web) server. The project is
> jointly managed by a group of volunteers located around the world, using
> the Internet and the Web to communicate, plan, and develop the server and
> -its related documentation. These volunteers are known as the Apache Software Foundation.
> +its related documentation. These volunteers are known as the Apache Group.
> In addition, hundreds of users have contributed ideas, code, and
> documentation to the project. This file is intended to briefly describe
> -the history of the Apache Software Foundation, recognize the many contributors, and
> +the history of the Apache Group, recognize the many contributors, and
> explain how you can join the fun too.
There were a number of changes renaming "Apache Software Foundation" to
"Apache Group". Did you intend to do that rename? I'd think it should be
ASF.
Cheers,
-g
--
Greg Stein, http://www.lyra.org/