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 Charter
 -------

 The Apache HttpComponents project is responsible for creating and maintaining a toolset of low level Java components
 focused on HTTP and associated protocols.

 We develop and maintain a component called `HttpCore`, which addresses the basic needs for communicating via HTTP on the
 client and server side. HttpCore defines a framework for extending the provided functionality beyond the basic needs.

 We develop and maintain a component called `HttpClient`, which builds on HttpCore and adds functionality typically
 required for client-side HTTP communication. In particular, HttpClient adds support for cookies, authentication, and
 client-side connection management.

 `HttpCore` and `HttpClient` are at the center of the Apache HttpComponents project. All other activities orbit around
 this duo.

 We maintain the codebase of the Jakarta Commons HttpClient, also known as Commons HttpClient 3.1, until such time that
 the new HttpClient based on HttpCore is considered ready for use in production systems.

 We are looking for new components that build upon and extend the functionality of the existing ones. We are also looking
 for new components that complement the functionality of the existing ones and make them more useful or easier to use.

 We are open to give a home to applications that derive a significant part of their functionality from our components, if
 approached by such projects.

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 History
 -------

 The history of the HttpComponents starts with the now retired
 [Jakarta Slide](https://jakarta.apache.org/slide/) project. Slide was a WebDAV server including a client component, and
 the WebDAV protocol builds on HTTP. There was interest in using the client-side HTTP implementation independently of
 Slide. The code was spun off from Slide in 2001 to become the HttpClient subproject of the Jakarta Commons.

 Since it generated a disproportional amount of traffic on the Commons mailing lists, HttpClient activity was moved to
 separate mailing lists. This started the dissociation of HttpClient from Commons, which continued when HttpClient was
 promoted to the Jakarta subproject level in 2004. The latter event is recorded as the oldest [News](news.md) item of the
 HttpComponents project.

 The [Commons](https://commons.apache.org/), cradle of HttpClient, left Jakarta in 2007 to become an independent Top Level
 Project. Later in the same year, the HttpComponents project also left Jakarta to become an independent Top Level
 Project, taking the responsibility for maintaining HttpClient 3.x with it. Our TLP resolution is presented below.

 Resolution
 ----------

 The Apache HttpComponents project was established as an Apache top level project in November 2007, when the Apache Board
 approved the following resolution:

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 DO NOT EDIT, not even to fix typos
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 ---------
 ```text
 Establish the Apache HttpComponents project

 WHEREAS, the Board of Directors deems it to be in the best interests of the Foundation and
 consistent with the Foundation\'s purpose to establish a Project Management Committee charged with
 the creation and maintenance of open-source software related to a toolset of low level Java
 components focused on HTTP and associated protocols, and of applications based on these components,
 for distribution at no charge to the public.

 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that a Project Management Committee (PMC), to be known as "Apache
 HttpComponents Project", be and hereby is established pursuant to Bylaws of the Foundation; and be
 it further

 RESOLVED, that the Apache HttpComponents Project be and hereby is responsible for the creation and
 maintenance of a toolset of low level Java components focused on HTTP and associated protocols, and
 of applications based on these components; and be it further

 RESOLVED, that the office of "Vice President, Apache HttpComponents" be and hereby is created, the
 person holding such office to serve at the direction of the Board of Directors as the chair of the
 Apache HttpComponents Project, and to have primary responsibility for management of the projects
 within the scope of responsibility of the Apache HttpComponents Project; and be it further

 RESOLVED, that the persons listed immediately below be and hereby are appointed to serve as the
 initial members of the Apache HttpComponents Project:

     * Oleg Kalnichevski <olegk AT apache DOT org>
     * Sebastian Bazley <sebb AT apache DOT org>
     * Erik Abele <erikabele AT apache DOT org>
     * Ortwin Glück <oglueck AT apache DOT org>
     * Roland Weber <rolandw AT apache DOT org>
     * Ant Elder <antelder AT apache DOT org>
     * Paul Fremantle <pzf AT apache DOT org>
     * Asankha Perera <asankha AT apache DOT org>

 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Erik Abele be appointed to the office of Vice
 President, Apache HttpComponents, to serve in accordance with and subject to the direction of the
 Board of Directors and the Bylaws of the Foundation until death, resignation, retirement, removal or
 disqualification, or until a successor is appointed; and be it further

 RESOLVED, that the Apache HttpComponents Project be and hereby is tasked with the migration and
 rationalization of the Apache Jakarta HttpComponents subproject; and be it further

 RESOLVED, that the Apache HttpComponents Project be and hereby is tasked with the migration and
 maintenance of the codebase formerly known as Apache Jakarta Commons HttpClient until it is
 obsoleted by the components of the Apache HttpComponents Project; and be it further

 RESOLVED, that all responsibilities pertaining to the Apache Jakarta HttpComponents subproject and
 the former Apache Jakarta Commons HttpClient codebase encumbered upon the Apache Jakarta Project are
 hereafter discharged.
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	Charter
	-------

	The Apache HttpComponents project is responsible for creating and maintaining a toolset of low level Java components
	focused on HTTP and associated protocols.

	We develop and maintain a component called `HttpCore`, which addresses the basic needs for communicating via HTTP on the
	client and server side. HttpCore defines a framework for extending the provided functionality beyond the basic needs.

	We develop and maintain a component called `HttpClient`, which builds on HttpCore and adds functionality typically
	required for client-side HTTP communication. In particular, HttpClient adds support for cookies, authentication, and
	client-side connection management.

	`HttpCore` and `HttpClient` are at the center of the Apache HttpComponents project. All other activities orbit around
	this duo.

	We maintain the codebase of the Jakarta Commons HttpClient, also known as Commons HttpClient 3.1, until such time that
	the new HttpClient based on HttpCore is considered ready for use in production systems.

	We are looking for new components that build upon and extend the functionality of the existing ones. We are also looking
	for new components that complement the functionality of the existing ones and make them more useful or easier to use.

	We are open to give a home to applications that derive a significant part of their functionality from our components, if
	approached by such projects.

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	end of the "Charter" section that must not be edited without PMC approval
	-->

	History
	-------

	The history of the HttpComponents starts with the now retired
	[Jakarta Slide](https://jakarta.apache.org/slide/) project. Slide was a WebDAV server including a client component, and
	the WebDAV protocol builds on HTTP. There was interest in using the client-side HTTP implementation independently of
	Slide. The code was spun off from Slide in 2001 to become the HttpClient subproject of the Jakarta Commons.

	Since it generated a disproportional amount of traffic on the Commons mailing lists, HttpClient activity was moved to
	separate mailing lists. This started the dissociation of HttpClient from Commons, which continued when HttpClient was
	promoted to the Jakarta subproject level in 2004. The latter event is recorded as the oldest [News](news.md) item of the
	HttpComponents project.

	The [Commons](https://commons.apache.org/), cradle of HttpClient, left Jakarta in 2007 to become an independent Top Level
	Project. Later in the same year, the HttpComponents project also left Jakarta to become an independent Top Level
	Project, taking the responsibility for maintaining HttpClient 3.x with it. Our TLP resolution is presented below.

	Resolution
	----------

	The Apache HttpComponents project was established as an Apache top level project in November 2007, when the Apache Board
	approved the following resolution:

	<!--
	The following is a verbatim copy of the TLP resolution.
	DO NOT EDIT, not even to fix typos
	-->

	---------
	```text
	Establish the Apache HttpComponents project

	WHEREAS, the Board of Directors deems it to be in the best interests of the Foundation and
	consistent with the Foundation\'s purpose to establish a Project Management Committee charged with
	the creation and maintenance of open-source software related to a toolset of low level Java
	components focused on HTTP and associated protocols, and of applications based on these components,
	for distribution at no charge to the public.

	NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that a Project Management Committee (PMC), to be known as "Apache
	HttpComponents Project", be and hereby is established pursuant to Bylaws of the Foundation; and be
	it further

	RESOLVED, that the Apache HttpComponents Project be and hereby is responsible for the creation and
	maintenance of a toolset of low level Java components focused on HTTP and associated protocols, and
	of applications based on these components; and be it further

	RESOLVED, that the office of "Vice President, Apache HttpComponents" be and hereby is created, the
	person holding such office to serve at the direction of the Board of Directors as the chair of the
	Apache HttpComponents Project, and to have primary responsibility for management of the projects
	within the scope of responsibility of the Apache HttpComponents Project; and be it further

	RESOLVED, that the persons listed immediately below be and hereby are appointed to serve as the
	initial members of the Apache HttpComponents Project:

	* Oleg Kalnichevski <olegk AT apache DOT org>
	* Sebastian Bazley <sebb AT apache DOT org>
	* Erik Abele <erikabele AT apache DOT org>
	* Ortwin Glück <oglueck AT apache DOT org>
	* Roland Weber <rolandw AT apache DOT org>
	* Ant Elder <antelder AT apache DOT org>
	* Paul Fremantle <pzf AT apache DOT org>
	* Asankha Perera <asankha AT apache DOT org>

	NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Erik Abele be appointed to the office of Vice
	President, Apache HttpComponents, to serve in accordance with and subject to the direction of the
	Board of Directors and the Bylaws of the Foundation until death, resignation, retirement, removal or
	disqualification, or until a successor is appointed; and be it further

	RESOLVED, that the Apache HttpComponents Project be and hereby is tasked with the migration and
	rationalization of the Apache Jakarta HttpComponents subproject; and be it further

	RESOLVED, that the Apache HttpComponents Project be and hereby is tasked with the migration and
	maintenance of the codebase formerly known as Apache Jakarta Commons HttpClient until it is
	obsoleted by the components of the Apache HttpComponents Project; and be it further

	RESOLVED, that all responsibilities pertaining to the Apache Jakarta HttpComponents subproject and
	the former Apache Jakarta Commons HttpClient codebase encumbered upon the Apache Jakarta Project are
	hereafter discharged.
	```
	--------