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The history of the Apache Software Foundation is linked to the Apache HTTP Server, development beginning in February 1993. A group of eight developers started working on enhancing the NCSA HTTPd daemon. They came to be known as the Apache Group. On March 25, 1999, the Apache Software Foundation was formed. [2]
The Apache Software Foundation and the Free Software Foundation agree that the Apache License 2.0 is a free software license, compatible with the GNU General Public License [5] (GPL) version 3, [2] meaning that code under GPLv3 and Apache License 2.0 can be combined, as long as the resulting software is licensed under the GPLv3. [6]
The Apache HTTP Server (/ ə ˈ p æ tʃ i / ə-PATCH-ee) is a free and open-source cross-platform web server, released under the terms of Apache License 2.0.It is developed and maintained by a community of developers under the auspices of the Apache Software Foundation.
[6] [7] The OSI's open-source criteria focuses on the availability of the source code and the advantages of an unrestricted and community driven development model. [8] Yet, many FOSS licenses, like the Apache License, and all Free Software licenses allow commercial use of FOSS components. [9]
Apache Software Foundation (ASF) – founded 1999 with headquarters in Wakefield, MA, USA; manages development of over 350 Apache software projects, including the Apache HTTP Server. [1] Center for the Cultivation of Technology - founded 2016 in Germany, headquarters in Berlin; hosts a variety of projects.
Brian Behlendorf (born March 30, 1973) is an American technologist, executive, computer programmer and leading figure in the open-source software movement. He was a primary developer of the Apache Web server, the most popular web server software on the Internet, and a founding member of the Apache Group, which later became the Apache Software Foundation.
He was a member of the Apache Group, [3] and is co-founder and member of the Apache Software Foundation. [4] [5] Since the beginning of the Apache Software Foundation he was a member of the Conferences Committee [4] helping the foundation to organise ApacheCon events. He served as Vice President, Conference Planning from 2007 to 2009.
ApacheCon:Core Europe 2015. ApacheCon is the official open source software convention of the Apache Software Foundation, focused on the software projects hosted at the ASF, as well as on the development and governance philosophies of the ASF.