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| <h2 id="apache-infrastructure-information">Apache Infrastructure Information <a class="headerlink" title="Permalink" href="#apache-infrastructure-information">¶</a></h2> |
| <p>The primary portals for Apache Infra questions - how Subversion/Git/Websites, etc. work at the ASF - are pages at <a href="https://www.apache.org/dev/" target="_blank">apache.org/dev</a> and <a href="https://infra.apache.org" target="_blank">infra.apache.org</a>.</p> |
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| <h2 id="decision-making">Decision making <a class="headerlink" title="Permalink" href="#decision-making">¶</a></h2> |
| <p>When getting involved in any open source project, it’s critical to |
| understand how, when, and by whom, decisions are made.</p> |
| <p>In ASF projects, decisions are made by the people that do the work. This |
| is usually the committers, who make decisions by committing code.</p> |
| <p>The PMC makes major decisions about project roadmaps, releases, and who |
| to invite into the ranks of the committers.</p> |
| <p>See the <a href="/committers/decisionMaking.html">discussion of how decision making works at the ASF</a> for more |
| details.</p> |
| <h2 id="project-independence">Project independence <a class="headerlink" title="Permalink" href="#project-independence">¶</a></h2> |
| <p>While not all ASF projects practice all aspects of the Apache Way in the same way, there are a number of rules that Apache |
| projects must follow – things like complying with PMC |
| <a href="https://www.apache.org/legal/release-policy.html">release voting</a>, <a href="https://www.apache.org/legal/">legal policy</a>, <a href="https://www.apache.org/foundation/marks/">brand policy</a>, |
| using <a href="https://www.apache.org/dev/#mail">mailing lists</a>, etc., which <a href="https://blogs.apache.org/comdev/entry/what_makes_apache_projects_different">various sites document</a>.</p> |
| <p>One of these invariant rules is that PMCs manage projects |
| independently of any commercial interests. The goal is to create an |
| environment in which all participants are equal and thus have an equal |
| opportunity to contribute to and benefit from our software, regardless |
| of motivation or financial objectives. There is more discussion of this principle |
| in our document <a href="/projectIndependence.html">Project Independence</a>.</p> |
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| <h2 id="development-processes">Development processes <a class="headerlink" title="Permalink" href="#development-processes">¶</a></h2> |
| <p>Each project in Apache is free to define its own development processes as |
| long as it respects our decision-making, legal and independence requirements. |
| However, over the many years that the ASF has existed, our projects have evolved and documented many best practices. In this section we |
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| <li><a href="https://subversion.apache.org/docs/community-guide/conventions.html#crediting">Crediting contributors</a> is a critical part of community building</li> |
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| <li>Release audit is a process each release candidate must go through to ensure it is managing intellectual property (IP) correctly |
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| <li><a href="https://incubator.apache.org/guides/releasemanagement.html#distribution-best-practice">Distribution best practices</a></li> |
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| <h2 id="assisting-with-project-management-and-marketing">Assisting with project management and marketing <a class="headerlink" title="Permalink" href="#assisting-with-project-management-and-marketing">¶</a></h2> |
| <p>There are many visible contributions of value in an Apache projects |
| (documentation, testing, coding user support, design etc.), but there are |
| also plenty of “back office” tasks that are necessary to maintain a healthy |
| project. This section describes some of the activities that you can help |
| with. In most cases you will need to be a committer to carry out these |
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| <li>Write informational <a href="https://infra.apache.org/project-blogs">blogs</a></li> |
| <li><a href="/pmc/adding-committers.html">Assessing and approving new committers</a></li> |
| <li><a href="/boardreport.html">Board Reports</a></li> |
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| <h2 id="speaking-about-apache-projects-at-events">Speaking about Apache projects at events <a class="headerlink" title="Permalink" href="#speaking-about-apache-projects-at-events">¶</a></h2> |
| <p>We encourage all of our committers to speak about Apache projects and |
| technologies, and generally to help to grow and enhance our community.</p> |
| <h2 id="other-resources">Other Resources <a class="headerlink" title="Permalink" href="#other-resources">¶</a></h2> |
| <p>There is no shortage of useful resources for committers at Apache. Here are a few you might want to take a look at:</p> |
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| <li><a href="https://www.apache.org/foundation/how-it-works.html">How the ASF works</a></li> |
| <li><a href="https://infra.apache.org/new-committers-guide.html">Guide for New Committers</a></li> |
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