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== HBase and the Apache Software Foundation
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HBase is a project in the Apache Software Foundation and as such there are responsibilities to the ASF to ensure a healthy project.

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=== ASF Development Process

See the link:https://www.apache.org/dev/#committers[Apache Development Process page]            for all sorts of information on how the ASF is structured (e.g., PMC, committers, contributors), to tips on contributing and getting involved, and how open-source works at ASF.

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=== ASF Board Reporting

Once a quarter, each project in the ASF portfolio submits a report to the ASF board.
This is done by the HBase project lead and the committers.
See link:https://www.apache.org/foundation/board/reporting[ASF board reporting] for more information.

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